08.18.2009 10:20 am
DG’s 10@10: The Saving Bullets Theory
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOWER GROVE — A few seasons ago, the St. Louis Cardinals veteran relievers Russ Springer, Ryan Franklin and Jason Isringhausen presented what one of them called a save-your-bullets approach to spring training. The theory, as Springer explained, was their high-mileage arms had only so many throws left, why waste those precious “bullets” on live batting practice or exhibition baseball when there was a whole season ahead of them?
The fewer throws they made in March, the…
