Here are links to a fantastic two-part article from Dan Turkenkopf of The Hardball Times about the idea of waisting pitches.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/a-pitch-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste-or-is-it-part-1/
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/a-pitch-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste-or-is-it-part-2/

Turkenkopf challenges a part of conventional and accepted baseball knowledge with a factual arguement.

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