RedPinStripes
08-24-2002, 07:03 AM
Since Manuel lives and dies by the 100 pitch count and the damn radar gun, wouldn't that have a lot to do with what is going through a young pitchers head? If he has 80 pitches in the 6th and has given up a run, he knows damn well he's not finishing the game already and has to be in teh back of his head when the gonja smoking idiot is coming out to use 2 of 5 pitchers.
And as someone brought up earlier on this board, that 100 pitch count has a hell of a lot to do with fatique. If your arm never goes over 100 pitches, wouldn't you think a pitcher would start getting pretty tired after 80? Thwy wonder why they can't get anything decent out of the farm. And yeah some will say we have 3 aces in the minors, but we heard that bull**** 5 years ago too. I'll believe it when i see it with this organization. They haven't had too much time to screw up Honel and Rauch yet. Rauch already had surgury. Minor though. He looses 5 mph off his fast ball and never pitched in the biggs so they bring him up out of camp. Now that's pretty damn stupid.
And as someone brought up earlier on this board, that 100 pitch count has a hell of a lot to do with fatique. If your arm never goes over 100 pitches, wouldn't you think a pitcher would start getting pretty tired after 80? Thwy wonder why they can't get anything decent out of the farm. And yeah some will say we have 3 aces in the minors, but we heard that bull**** 5 years ago too. I'll believe it when i see it with this organization. They haven't had too much time to screw up Honel and Rauch yet. Rauch already had surgury. Minor though. He looses 5 mph off his fast ball and never pitched in the biggs so they bring him up out of camp. Now that's pretty damn stupid.