The case for more complete games

by Len Di Gregorio

Back in the day, baseball enthusiasts like myself witnessed many a complete game. Pitchers named Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry and Tom Seaver, just to name a few, were either pitching...read more

by Christopher William

This weekend, I was invited to a mini-high school reunion/get-together in south Florida. One of my best buddies and future subject of tennis elbow surgery, Mario A, invited me down a day early for a Florida Marlins game...read more

by Micah Olson

Let me tell you why there are few complete games in the game of baseball today. The baseball parks are designed with shorter home run dimensions, the hitters are stronger and better then ever, and there simply are not enou...read more

by Michael Suarez

Face it baseball fans...the era of the complete game is far behind us. No longer do you have a manager that wants to sacrifice a single pitcher weather its there number 1 or number 5 for an entire game. Pitch counts are ...read more

by Bruce Bostwick

There is nothing wrong with having a bullpen and can be used if the pitchers are tired or in some cases doing a horrible job. It wouldn't hurt to see some more complete games and seems to be almost but not completely a th...read more

by James Lein

No more complete games means, of course, no more no-hit games. One of the most exciting and artistic achievements in all of sports is gone, ruled out. At least a no-hitter going into the upper innings forces the manager ...read more

by Brian Gose

The most absurd thing in the history of baseball: middle relievers making the all- star game. Why don't we start electing the best pinch hitters into the all-star game? Its the same thing. The game of baseball has been aro...read more

by Wordsleuth

There isn't a case for more complete games in baseball. The fact of the matter is that baseball is a different game than it used to be, especially from the perspective of a pitcher. The reason that there were once ma...read more

by K.C. Downey

If I'm going to argue for more complete games, I'd have to first throw pitcher durability and pitch counts out the window. I think managers are sometimes far too cautious with pitcher's pitch count. As a Red Sox fan, we we...read more

by Tony Iannuzzelli

Alright, with the 2007 MLB season coming up lets start talking baseball. This past world series was a disappointment. It had the lowest viewing in history. I was not to excited about the cardinals winning either. In my opi...read more

by Sweetbob

If Major League Baseball starting pitchers threw more complete games, injuries would be more common, but salaries would probably go down for middle relief. The starting pitcher's frequency of throwing a complete game has d...read more

by Nick Vandel

Do you remember the days when a starting pitcher was considered a mediocre pitcher if he had an ERA over 3.00? Do you remember the days when a relief pitcher was in the bullpen because he was not good enough to be a start...read more

by Ben Goldfarb

Complete games are fun, to be sure, but as a strategy they're simply not viable. As the sport has evolved, its tactics have grown more sophisticated, and the evolved role of the bullpen is the perfect example of more intel...read more

by Scott Latimer

The days when Will White through 75 complete games and pitched 680.0 innings for the Cincinnati Reds in 1879 are no longer among us. In fact the years of pitchers winning over 20 games a season will start to become rare. ...read more