The phrase “innings limit” is perhaps the most dangerous term to use in a professional organization.
Innings limits, while founded in some sort of sanity, are the exact opposite — insane. We can argue the value of have pitch limits over innings limits forever, but it won’t get us anywhere. The point I’m trying to make here is that innings limits can be a cancer to the ultimate goal of winning at all costs.
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That’s right, all costs.
Winning a World Series — heck, even appearing in one — is not an opportunity to be taken for granted.