real green posted:roothog66 posted:Here are the pitch count rules for Colorado high school baseball:
Pitching limits
Varsity Pitches Required Rest 86-110 3 Days 61-85 2 Days 36-60 1 Day 1-35** - Additionally, no pitcher may throw more than 60 pitches over two days. If they throw 60 pitches in two days, there will be one day of required rest. 0 Days*
Root,
I think you are showing your professional side a bit. The rule is very clear. If you pitch back to back days you are maxed at 60 pitches and a days rest if you hit 60. It's also obvious that the rule is specific to 0 days bracket which is why it does not apply to 110 pitches.
As the rule is written a kid can pitch 29 pitches everyday.
Actually, it isn't written in the 0 days bracket. It is in a spot after the entire chart. Somehow, when I tried to copy and paste, it kept coming up like this. I feel a better rule would simply be that any pitcher pitching two consecutive days is required at minimum 2 days rest (or one day). I just think, as written, it doesn't accurately reflect what they meant to do. the rules committee wrote it and probably didn't think through the language and, then, officials - who are not part of the rules committee - were left to interpret. Just going quickly through MaxPreps, I found a dozen violations of this addendum when teams played back-to-back. Most were nothing abusive (nothing more than 90 pitches over the two days). Actually, as the rule is written, a kid could throw 30-29-30-29-30, which certainly wasn't contemplated. Now, usually, this doesn't come up, but there are plenty of years in Colorado where rain/snow creates a schedule where teams play several games on consecutive days in Colorado.