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It's a little different than the current Felix and Kuma. Back in '48, before my time, Spahn and Sain went 8-0 over 12 days, taking advantage of days off and rain outs to skip the back of the rotation. In those days, they played fewer games and had four man rotations. Now there are few days off, stadium roofs to prevent rainouts, and "saving" pitchers from excessive innings. What we do have are our two aces, and generally three duds. There will be few opportunities to skip the back of the rotation. Still, we can pray for rain. How about pitching Felix and Kuma every four, instead of every five days?
I love the '72 Carlton references, and have been wanting to see Felix step up his leadership to that level. The Phillies were a bad team, but Carlton never let that be an excuse for pitching to ~.500 W-L. Even with a bad Seattle team, Felix should be getting his 20+ wins, no excuses. Let's hope Felix and Kuma are competing with each other for league leadership in wins in Sept-Oct.