Ed,
In a letter, you wrote:
EG>David was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
EG> DL> You may say that Alan Embree is not a throw in, but with a career ERA 
of
EG> DL> over six, he isn't much of pitcher.
EG>IP - 50.1. ERA 5.54 (IP - 195.1. ERA - 4.56).
EG>IP - 31.0. ERA 5.52 (IP - 155.2. ERA - 5.61).
EG>IP - 42.2. ERA 5.91.
EG>That third IP & ERA belongs to Embree in his first two seasons. The IP & 
ERA
EG>for the 1st and 2nd belong to Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux for their 1st 
nd
EG>2nd seasons (2nd season in parenthesis). Would you say that both of those
EG>players weren't much of a pitcher based on what they did during their 
irst
EG>couple of seasons?
So Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux become good pitchers.  Certainly your
statistics do not prove that Alan Embree will become a good pitcher.
David
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