As much as I hate it, I really, really, really, hope Neifi has a good day today. He has to take a few pitches if Pierre is one first, something he didn't do much of last year.
Stone always blamed pitching in Candlestick Park for his shortened pitching career. Because of the weather he always overthrew and had bad mechanics which resluted in arm troubles, which resulted from him throwing in the mid 90s to the high 80s. That is one of the reasons he is so harsh on Wood. He doesn't want Wood to end up like him. I don't know how anyone can claim pitcher abuse by citng two ptichers who either pitched until they were 40 (Flanagan) or 38 (Palmer). Baylor's use of Leiber wasn't abuse as much as it was neglagence. Aside from that incident, I've never seen a pticher go out after a long rain dey on a cold day.