Interesting article about a H.S. pitcher in Seattle whose arm blew up and then sued the School (and lost).
"For nine innings, Koenig went pitch-for-pitch with Yelm, the state's top-ranked Class 3A team, and two future pro prospects. He had no plans to take himself out.
Not after the fifth, when, while batting, a pitch drilled him so hard in the back he couldn't swing two innings later.
Not after the top of the seventh, after throwing 97 pitches — on one day of rest after a relief appearance.
Not after the top of the eighth, when his mother, Beth, grasped the chain-link fence behind the dugout and told coach Jay Hultberg, "Jay, he's at 117 pitches. He's done."
Not even after the 132nd pitch, which landed past the scoreboard in left field for a three-run home run.
Koenig threw 140 pitches in nine innings on April 27, 2001.
He never recorded another out. Instead, he joined the rapidly expanding ranks of adolescent pitchers who need arm surgery."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsports/...811_youngarms29.html
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