Re: Warren Spahn RIP: Last of 360 game winners?

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mpoconnor7) wrote:

> Will we ever see another pitcher win over 360 games in the Majors?
> 

Not under current conditions.  But conditions could change.  

Medicine could advance to the point where 30- or 40-year careers would not
be unusual. 

Managers' theory could change.  Maybe besides a "closer" we'd have
"winners," pitchers who are put into the game in the 4th inning when the
team has the lead.  Just as we no longer expect a starting pitcher to
throw a complete game, maybe pitchers will become so delicate that even
five innings is too much. So the guy pitching the middle three innings
could pile up a lot of victories.  Just like a Gagne today can get 55
saves out of a team's 85 wins.