Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!aecom!poppers From: poppers@aecom.UUCP (Michael Poppers) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Walt Terrell Message-ID: <1087@aecom.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 12:53:18 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.1087 Posted: Mon Jan 7 12:53:18 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 05:08:19 EST Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 24 It is quite true that pitchers cannot be judged by W-L records alone, especially if they usually work in relief. I must repeat that the short bio I originally gave on Walt was off the top of my head. His .500 record stood out in my mind because, as often as not, he gave up just enough runs to lose the ballgame. It is also true that the Mets were not at the top of the list when it came to run production, but they were getting better, for obvious reasons, and W.T. could have had a few more wins if he had pitched well when he did get the runs in. As to the pitching coaches, I heard a few weeks ago that Craig would retire and then I thought I read a report that he'd changed his mind. Thanks for the clarification on his status. However, the point remains that pitching is 50% arm and 90% mental (misquote of Yogi!). A good pitching coach can prevent a Ron Darling from slumping in the second half just because he didn't get selected to the All-Star team ( and a good hitting coach can take a Darrel Strawberry's mind off L.A. and back onto his hitting -- for an excellent example, vide Frey ). [][][][][][][][][] % PERITUS CLAVIS % Michael Poppers % MACHINAE VIVIT % {philabs,cucard,pegasus,rocky2}!aecom!poppers [][][][][][][][][]