If There Were Ever A Time For A 6-Man Rotation...

Nov 10 2018 by Athletics Nation

 

Back in the early 1980s, “Billy Ball” was born partly because you’ll have Mickey Klutts steal home on the front end of a triple steal when you know your closer is Dave Beard, and you’re open to a series of suicide squeezes when you’re trotting Keith Drumright and Chicken Stanley out there for your middle infield.

One idea that was floated out there at the time was a “6-man rotation”. In this particular case, the thinking came from the realization that Oakland had...

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