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Originally Posted by Amazin69
So I started to reply to a post in the general MLB thread, about managers who yank pitchers after 6 no-hit innings, just because they've thrown 100 pitches…
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this post and it dovetails. And yes, you wonder just how much of this babying of pitchers comes from actual data and how much comes from guys like Gary Cohen who "pushes that fairy story about how throwing 134 pitches in The No-Hitter (only one in Mets history) against St. Louis in 2012 ruined Johan Santana's arm and (then-manager) Terry Collins regretted it and vowed never to sacrifice long-term success for short-term glory, bla-blah-blahhhhh…" A herd mentality develops.