ajc.com - 4/29/2008
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I really didn’t want to be able to say “told you so” about this one, but it looks like I may have been right about sitting John Smoltz and Tom Glavine for a while. After I posted a blog with...
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How Bad is it to Lose Smoltz?
Section 435 —
... Amusing that the Chop Chick at the AJC see this as a sign that we should go to a six-man rotation. I can think of a lot of reasons that’s a bad idea, the main one being that a six-man rotation would almost assuredly give a spot to the Chuck James Experiment. ...
Oakland Plans Contigencies for Rich Harden's Next Injury
Walkoff Walk —
... the biggest surprise here is Greg Smith, who, before the season started, was expected to be a mediocre spot starter when someone (read: Rich Harden) got hurt. Smith came to Oakland from Arizona in the Danny Haren trade; five of his six starts have been quality starts and he's struck out 31 batters over 39 innings. It would be hard to bump him from the rotation, as it would be hard to bump any of the four others.
Thing is, the six-man rotation is a red herring. Teams have been talking about using it for years and yet it's never really happened. Why? Rany ...
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