Talk:Relief pitcher

Discussion of history
There seems to be a lot of inevitable overlap between describing the evolution of reliever usage and the evolution of closer usage. What is best way to address? DwaynefromME (talk) 16:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I would try to summarize as much as possible. For instance, specific details on closer strategies are in closer, while relief pitcher mentions that they have evolved into one-inning specialists.  Do you have specific examples that you feel need to be addressed?—Bagumba (talk) 21:01, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Not really sure. I tried just now to expand on the specialization/smaller workload point.  Maybe that can distinguish the two more.  DwaynefromME (talk) 17:26, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

"Current relief roles"
I think the wording of this section as it stands is misleading. It implies that every team has the same, strictly defined roles -- everyone has one guy who always pitches the 9th, one who always pitches the 7th/8th, one who always pitches the 6th, and a lefty specialist. Even given the continually increasing specialization of the bullpen, there is still a lot more diversity than that in bullpen construction. Also, it seems to me that the long relief role has largely died out. DwaynefromME (talk) 16:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The pitching staff has a range of sizes listed, as descriptions use words like "generally" and "usually". Most teams now do have a general pecking order, but it is certainly not followed 100% of the time.  Do you have suggestions on improvement?  Note also, that the current wording is based on a reliable source;  I would suggest other viewpoints added have similar sources as well.—Bagumba (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, let me know what you think of my edit of 17:22 today. DwaynefromME (talk) 17:26, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Aprreciate the effort, but this appears to be original research. WP should be based primarily off of secondary sources, analysis provided by an author in a reliable source. The latest additions appear to be backed primarily by statistics (i.e. primary sources)from stat site queries. I would suggest finding authors that advance the positions stated instead of performing our own analysis and generalization based on statistics.—Bagumba (talk) 18:10, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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