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Who is Steve Carlton?
Steven Norman Carlton, nicknamed Lefty, is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher.
What was Steve Carlton's view on the media?
When Carlton slumped in 1973, finishing 13-20 with a 3.90 ERA, the media's questioning of his unusual training techniques led to an acrimonious relationship between them and Carlton.

Question: What was he training for?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Steve Carlton training for?