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@baddog - Verlander was on a 7-0 streak, he wasn't 7-0 on the season, he was 17-8, i was wondering why guys barely won 20 games any more, then they had a show about it on TSN. Back when you were a lad, teams went with 3 or 4 starters, guys started 40+ games a year. Now teams all use 5 starters, some actually throw 6 in the rotation, using 1 guy as a starter sometimes, reliever others. So the average pitcher starts 30 games a season now, which is a huge difference when you gauge guys success on how many wins they get. The other big difference is all the new ballparks are around 60 feet shorter than the old ones. Back in the day, great pitchers were fly ball pitchers, and everything got caught. (elite hitters got home runs, the rest of the players on the team would only hit 4 or 5 a season). Now everyone tries to be a ground ball pitcher, otherwise you give up 3 home runs a game. Verlander is without a doubt the best regular season pitcher in the league over the last few years, unfortunately his skills don't translate to the post season, or the all star game, he shits it up in both areas.
Anyways, the Tigers fell apart, although I started the series routing for the tigers, I found myself unable to after a couple games, they were all just sitting there looking like they lost their lunch money.
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