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The fans speak out.(Letter to the editor)

From: Baseball Digest  |  Date: 12/1/2006  |  Author: Albrecht, B.J.; Bamford, Tim; Bird, Roy; Bongiovanni, Joseph; Calkins, Ted; Deane, Bill; Engallena, John; Feldman, Todd; Glover, Carl; Goucher, Lynn; Hamilton, Josh; Haspaugh, Mike; Howard, Bill; Howard, Denver C.; Klein, Donald; Kleinwachter, Hope; Kopchak, Mark; Lee, Timothy; Locke, Jeff; Marquess, Robert K.; Meyers, Jack; Neff, Kelly D.; Renwick, Tom; Scalici, John; Schlegelmich, John; Sheppard, John; Sobocinski, Don; Watson, George

Today's major league pitchers are not expected to finish their starts, with managers hoping to get only five or seven good innings from them.

Yet, in the old days (1920-1970), many pitchers not only finished their starts, but often won 20 or more games a season.

Can you explain why this is not possible today? Aside from the five-day pitching rotation, you would think with all the training and conditioning knowledge we have now, complete games would not be a concern.

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