re braves pitching updatedir in article apr acad drake edu sbp acad drake edu writes not clear to me at all i d certainly rather have a team who was winning games than games in the game luck is going to play a much bigger role than in the game but you still need the pitching staff to hold the opposing team to one run not if you ve scored four runs you don t why strain even the best pitching staff why not make it easier for them in the game the best pitching staff in the world can t compensate for a blown call a bad hop a gust of wind winning close is the wrong way to win both keeping opposing runs down and scoring a lot yourself are insurance against the shit happens aspect of baseball not every great teamhas even good pitching the big red machine of the s was league average in pitching but somehow rose morgan bench perez etc managed to win games more than once peaking at roger
