....used to track college pitches that threw 120+ in a game, but stopped. Anyone know why? Is there another consolidated source for high pitch counts?
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Hmmm...no pitchers have gone over 120. You could write and ask him but IMO no one wants to be on that list!
I love that site!
Back in 2008 our son threw a number of complete games in a row. About the 3rd one, boydsworld had him at about 130. I knew it wasn't right - number was something like 118. But hey, no big deal.
Then the following week, he threw another CG and did hit 130, but no listing on the site for being over 120 (not that we wanted one).
Being a geeky engineer myself, I sent Boyd Nation (thats his name) an email to tell him he didn't have the first one right. He responded with a similarly geeky email saying I couldn't possibly be right because his 'model' said that our son had hit 130. So I responded back again saying he had the weekends reversed, but that it didn't really matter to me and I had just thought he'd like to have the real numbers for his 'model.' 
Ok, I admit I was also hoping to gain a little insight into how his model worked and how he got the numbers. 
Anyways, he got so frustrated he just took the listing of our son down altogether.
So maybe its my fault?? 
TPM posted:Hmmm...no pitchers have gone over 120. You could write and ask him but IMO no one wants to be on that list!
Ha! That's very true. I had noticed over the past couple of years some of the serial repeaters on that list have learned their lesson. Maybe found out that being on that list a lot doesn't help for recruiting?
roothog66 posted:TPM posted:Hmmm...no pitchers have gone over 120. You could write and ask him but IMO no one wants to be on that list!
Ha! That's very true. I had noticed over the past couple of years some of the serial repeaters on that list have learned their lesson. Maybe found out that being on that list a lot doesn't help for recruiting?
Published data does wonderful things. I guess I was looking for another source to understand how programs use their pitchers concerning use/overuse.
Interesting. Each year you will find Vandy has a few on the list. I think their program really does a great job of stretching out their pitchers.