Comments on: Does the Pitcher’s Mound Cause Injuries?

By: Shaun Cochran

Shaun Cochran — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:00:45 +0000

GREAT article! really opened my eyes to the resons behind the increase in pitcher used per year in the MLB. The spike which started right around the late 50′s and mid to late 60′s has since dramatically risen in the past 30 years from near two hundred up to nearly 400!! It does make sense considering the increase in teams and the increase in salaries which means the owners definitely want to protect their investments. I dont think this is harming baseball. I think it is helping baseball. I would much rather see my favorite pitchers last twice as long in their careers and pitch twice as many innings rather than have a few more complete games in their careers. Anyone who complains about there not being enough complete games thrown and that the relief pitching isnt good enough and cost pitchers too many games has no understanding of this concept.

By: Woo

Woo — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:08:32 +0000

Howdy, I have never been on your site and I was looking to see how much of a difference there was in the mound height after the ’68 season. I have to disagree that there was any set height previously and I say this because when pitchers got on the Dodger mounds in L.A. at night, they could see Vegas from there. I really think that Walter Alston was a master that you younger guys missed. He was a baseball man thru and thru, and knew that pitching and defense won games. Then you add a little manicure to the infield, and Maury Wills lays one down and 2 pitches later he was on third. One pop fly later it is 1-0 and it is game over if Koufax is pitching. But Drysdale was the monster on the mound and he would throw so far inside and he was so big that it was a John Kruk moment for an awful lot of NL batters. It is when baseball was the real game, and I lived every second of it. I even had a baseball factory in my home town that sold seconds for 1/2 a buck. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

By: Peter Schiller

Peter Schiller — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:13:21 +0000

Thanks Matt!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:24:40 +0000

Very interesting stuff and it definitely makes sense. Please check out Matt’s last blog post..There's 2 Men's Finals In The Aussie Open This Weekend...!

By: Peter Schiller

Peter Schiller — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:55:06 +0000

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By: RBI Magazine

RBI Magazine — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:14:46 +0000

Great article! It is very interesting how pitcher's careers were shorter when the mound was still 15"" high, but yet more complete games were thrown... Please check out RBI Magazine’s last blog post..Red Sox Give Jason Varitek Saturday Deadline!