Holy fuck MOAR

Mooney44Cards;733187 wrote:Show me where you think something Dusty has done has affected either Cueto or Bailey leading up to their injuries. Its not like some disease they catch from being around Dusty Baker, he would have to actually do something like pitch them on short rest or make them pitch an unusually high amount of innings. Neither is the case, so you're just completely making shit up and/or repeating something you heard somewhere once. Actual opinions that are worth everyone else here considering should be based, you know, in REALITY.

Oh yeah?

"Additionally, many fans, commentators, and writers blamed his tendency to overuse pitchers and for damaging the careers of Robb Nen, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and Edinson Volquez. Less dramatic cases include Shawn Estes, Bill Swift, John Burkett, Mark Leiter, Kirk Reuter and Aaron Harang. Wood and Prior, along with Edinson Volquez of the Reds, all suffered serious arm injuries following their first full seasons under Baker. Wood and Prior averaged 122 and 126 pitches per start."

Here's some more reading material:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/354126-does-dusty-baker-abuse-pitchers

"Baker has long been known to put little stock in pitch counts. He's had a pitcher finish in the top-eleven in pitches thrown each of the past six years, and he has left the starter out there for 122 or more pitches 88 times this millennium, more than any other manager."
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/dusty-baker-and-pitch-counts/

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/02/23/dustys-trail-a-ticket-to-operating-table/

http://battleforohio.com/2009/08/04/dusty-baker-ruining-pitchers-since-1993/

Yeah you're right, there isnt any evidence of Dusty's MAJOR criticism. /sarcasm. Nice fail on knowing your team.