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Oh, yes. I can't remember the rotation after Tiant and Bill Lee. I think they used Reggie Cleveland and maybe Rick Wise at that point. Horrible depth. The winning run of the world series i think was scored off of Jim burton, I think, a rookie who I don't think ever pitched again in the majors. This was before Bill Campbell, Bob Stanley, Mike Torrez, and Dennis Eckersley. Major point is that saying multiple opportunities to take the best record in baseball into the playoffs, make a world series run, and win it due to wonderful young talent is not a given and foolish to assume. Shutting down Strasburg due to his injury status and age should be considered independent of its effect on the playoffs. Sure it will hurt the odds of winning, but it is pretty clear that Yocum thinks it decreases increases the odds of a career ending reinjury, and there is enough evidence supporitng that to make it a foolish gamble.
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