Originally Posted by luv baseball:
…The differences at that level are very thin. Makes me wonder how well guys like Maddox and Glavine might have done if they didn't get that extra bit they got by popping the middle of the target as regularly as they did. I think they would have been just fine but it would have taken something away from them and made them more hittable. Not that they would have been crushed - they still would have been great but some of the dominance might not have been there.
That post and some others show that this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as questions and possibilities go, and I think that’s great! Asking questions and looking for answers is how progress is made.