Ed,
In a letter, you wrote:
EG> DL> that prefers Wetteland over Riveria.   I haven't seen one columnist
EG> DL> that rated Wetteland over Rivera in anything.
EG>Rivera is good at what he does and Wetteland is good at what he does. If 
you
EG>want to use your artificial standards, yes, Rivera is better but put him 
n
EG>Wetteland's spot, he might fold like the Red Sox in '78.
EG>As for your columnists, I spit on them (Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawk. Ptoooie).
EG> DL> If both player continue there present trend, I predict that Rivera
EG>This from a man who said that Oakland's best reliever was Jim Corsi (I'm 
still
EG>laughing hard at that one and so is James Dunlop).
EG> DL> Jose Mesa is a decent relief pitcher.
EG>(Eyes rolling).
EG> DL>   I just go as hog wild over relief pitchers as you do.
EG>I'm guessing that you're wanting to say that "I just don't go" and you'd 
e
EG>right and you'd be revealing to everyone why you don't understand. You'd
EG>rather cite a moronic study that appeared in Stats and Total Baseball 
bout
EG>how the guy can't find evidence that the change in relieving trends has 
made a
EG>difference in the results or an equally moronic study about easy saves. In 
the
EG>first instance, the idiot obviously doesn't have a clue. The evolution of 
the
EG>closer HAS made quite an impact and it's similar to the adjustments that
EG>defensive or offensive coordinators make when rules or styles change (I 
find a
EG>bit ironic that MLB put in a manager from the "old days" in yesterday 
hile
EG>our debate is raging. He was responsible for taking baseball from a 2 man 
to a
EG>3 man rotation because he didn't think that his pitchers could handle the
EG>longer distances -- something that he was quite correct about and others 
soon
EG>imitated him. Other changes would lead to 4 and 5 man rotations and yet,
EG>unlike Hanlon, others connected to the game can't understand how they 
an't
EG>pitch today like they did back then. The same holds true with that moron's
EG>study). With the latter study, you continue to dismiss BOLD FACE EVIDENCE 
that
EG>shows that the better relievers are FAR ABOVE the dregs in all three areas
EG>(Easy, Regular and Tough).
A stud Grinnell stud update report, your stud of the A' bullpen last
year got traded to the Cardinals.  Your stud of the Red Sox's bullpen
got releases and become a starter for the Twins.
The evolution of the relief pitcher has had one major impact.  Teams
have gone to highly structured bullpens. What other changes to the game
can you note?
Happy Modeming -- David
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