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Originally Posted by Hyper_Chem
OK OK
WHAT ABOUT
"GENERAL STRATEGIC TENDENCIES"
Does anybody have a history of when to change them over?
I mean when is it ok to have "Use of Closers" from "rarely" to "very often"
I mean who has a F&$@*!ng idea. Does anybody?
Sincerely,
Historicaly curious.
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The use of closers was a gradual increase from never in 1901, although I don't think the modern usage of bringing them in for one inning with a lead is over 20 years old or so. I think I'd change from very rarely to rarely in 1920, and progress in 1946, 1961, and 1975. Pitcher durability decays at about the same rate.