Pitch Counts and Pitch-F/X

Greenhouse:

I remember Randy Johnson throwing 99 to finish a complete game. Back in their day, Nolan Ryan and Bob Feller probably did that on a regular basis (if you were to ask them). There’s a lengthy list of early 20th century pitchers who pitched complete games in both ends of a doubleheader. So what’s the driving force behind the pitch count craze? Are we going soft? …

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