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Originally Posted by frankbmd
This argument leads to the conclusion that Mariano was over-utilized. He should have entered the game with the lead and two outs in the ninth. Instead of a one inning pitcher he could be immortalized as the 27th out pitcher. You can't win the game without the 27th out, right?
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Laughing out loud. Fantastic.
That's kind of where your twilight zone post was heading, I think.
Retrosheet founder (and my vote for unanimous induction to the HOF) David Smith found that the 9th may not be the most important inning :
https://www.retrosheet.org/Research/...0the%20Key.pdf