Buckeye 2015, I totally agree that most kids would've wanted to do the same thing. My son is a competitor and never wants to hand over the ball in a close game. That said, the coach needs to be the adult in the room. As i said in my last post, the most criminal thing about how Abel was used was the fact that he hadn't even pitched in a game in over two months. Throwing 95 pitches or 120+ shouldn't have even been on the table, much less doing both in such a short span, with relief appearances mixed in. I get that college coaches are paid to win games, and they will do what it takes to achieve that. But potentially costing a promising young pitcher his future in order to hang a banner should weigh heavy on a coach's conscience.