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Relief pitchers throwing multiple innings in 3 different games in two days.  That kind of thing.  



I haven't seen anything quite that egregious.....But yeah it can be rough. My oldest son pointed out there are programs that have no guidelines around rest after getting hot too many times during a game. For example his team has something like if you get hot once, sit, hot again, come in you can only go 1IP. If you get hot 2x don't come in you need a day a rest. I'm sure my numbers are off but you get the picture. So there are well run low level D1 programs.

And sometimes stuff just happens. My youngest started season first out of the pen. 3 or 4 weeks in he was moved to Friday starter. Coaches were very good with his pitch counts. Slowly worked hime up. Made 4 starts. 2-1. Was getting through 5IP on 58-60 pitches for first few starts, etc. Figured with 6 days rest he'd be ok......And he's seeing Ahmad next week. Things happen unfortunately.

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