Super relievers

Yah, I agree.

Leftfield -- Thanks for putting this all in perspective.

That sums it up nicely leftfield. Definitely the outlook people should use. Hopefully I can get 40 years of combining the words strat-o-matic and realism out of my head. They are entrenched together fairly deep though

Yeah, but that doesn't make it any more fun to watch Bruce Sutter ruin your season by pitching 7 innings of shutdown relief in the first two games of the playoffs. Bah Freakin' Humbug if he comes in and kills me again tonight.

It is odd (read: wrong) that if my starter pitches one third of an inning and gets pulled, he's out for three (or four games). But if my (super) reliever pitches 5 innings, he's back the next night as long as it isn't his third day in a row.

I don't think they SOM should necessarily try to kill this strategy; however, there should be some kind of relief fatigue for long stints. The limit this reliever to 2-3 innings check box is a joke. Why bother?