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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
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Posted: Mon Jan  7 12:53:18 1985
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	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 ).


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