1. adjective. If you are restless, you are bored, impatient, or dissatisfied, and you want to do something else. By 1982, she was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent. ...a major new initiative to placate the country's restless intellectuals.
One of the most critical roles relievers play is to protect starting pitchers who are closely monitored, held to strict pitch counts and given plenty of rest between games. Reason: their ballooning paychecks, which averaged $4.4 million last year, compared with $3.2 million for the average big-leaguer.
A pitcher can throw a shutout one game and give up 5 earned runs in the first inning of the next game. A hitter can bat .350 one season and .250 the next; a pitcher can have a 1.50 earned run average one season and 5.00 the next. A team can win 100 games in a season and lose a World Series in 4 straight games.