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Stark: What's fueling baseball's Bullpen Mania?

Once upon a time, a baseball team constructed its pitching staff the way your contractor constructs your hallway -- from the front to the back. Boy, life in this sport sure was a lot less complicated then.

You didn't just need starters. You needed great starters. You needed innings from your starters. You needed horses. You needed men who could take a lead and hand it to the closer. Or to the eighth-inning guy.

Remember when we thought that was the only way to get through a season? The only way to win a World Series? The only way to analyze who could win the World Series?