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Post by crash23 on Aug 25, 2006 20:00:43 GMT -8
I didn't know, until reading the first article listed below (go ahead, call me ignorant! , that once in the World Series (perhaps even in regionals?) a pitcher can throw up to 18 innings per week. I get tired of Little League's rhetoric about safety throughout most of the year, and when the rules committee meets, only to have them disregard the high ground when it becomes marketable for them to do so. Yeah, they "need" to get the games in - and want to showcase the flamethrowers - but when is safety an inconvenience? I guess it's a good thing that AE didn't get past Riverpark b/c we would not have allowed any of our pitchers to throw the number of innings some of these managers have. 18 innings and 300 + pitches in the span of seven days? ? Obsurd, stupid... you pick the adjective. Six innings a week is plenty! If the pitch count and/or 6 inning limit is important enough to implement during the regular season, how can it become so unimportant later in the year? The answer, of course, is publicity. If the aces ain't throwing the games lose their water cooler factor... as in "Wow! Did you see that kid throwing 80 miles an hour???" Don't get me wrong, Little League is a good program - but their hypocrisy makes me want to puke! www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/llws/2006-08-17-injuries_x.htmwww.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/14/little.league.pitching.ap/index.html?section=cnn_health
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Post by Chris on Aug 25, 2006 20:04:15 GMT -8
Its absolutely crazy! When was the last time you saw a SF Giants pitcher throw 18 innings in a week?
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Post by mflema on Aug 25, 2006 20:26:38 GMT -8
What I don't understand is that it has always been this way. When my sons played AS from '81 to '86 the pitching rules are basically the same. There was no televised games at that time, and no one really paid that much attention to the World Series. Mentions in the newspaper, maybe that was all. So why does LL do this. I agree with the stupid do it this way for regular and a different way for AS. The way they had the coaching staff this year was by far the dumbest thing ever. If you have 13 players, then you can have 3 on the staff, (1 manager and 2 coaches) but if you only have 12 the only 1 manager and 1 coach. Even if your roster shows 13 players, but someone doesn't show then you can't have your extra coach. It made Tournement Directors into counting heads when it is stupid.
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Post by crash23 on Aug 25, 2006 20:41:37 GMT -8
Yeah, that was anothe rule that drove me (further) nuts. They wanted to force hands to insure that more players were recognized... Whatever happened to becoming an all star by merit? That comment will probably get me in hot water with some...
Whatever the rule is - as all rules should be in sports - they should be the same for everyone. 12 or 13, I don't really care - but all teams should have been made to carry the same number. It should not be an arbitary decision from league to league.
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Post by scrapper on Aug 28, 2006 14:43:21 GMT -8
It will be interesting what happens in the fall. That is when the AS rule for pitch count is supposed to be talked about.
I bet they increase the pitches to Junior Levels 95, (which is way to many due to fact that some of the kids will be thirteen because of the age change.
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Post by mflema on Sept 12, 2006 22:41:03 GMT -8
We are going pitch count next year through out Little league. No choice by individual leagues. LL International announced it during the WS that the pitch count method will be used not only during regular season, but during AS also. That should make things really interesting!! Watching managers figure it out for regular season.
Ammy
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Post by mflema on Sept 12, 2006 22:49:28 GMT -8
I didn't like the 3 or not coaches rule because it was a backhanded way of making leagues carry more players then they wanted to carry. It is all because of the mandatory play rule. It all dates from there. Back in '81 to '87 there was no manadatory play rule. It made kids realize that sometimes you didn't play but you were still on a team. The players were made to realize that this was a team sport, it wasn't about one player, and that being available to step up was the important. Some kids would never play one inning in any game, but still was there with encouragement for their teammates. The parents had potlucks every game, and it was a close, fun, time of life. Not only did the players make friends for life, so did the parents.
Ammy
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