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Just wanted to see what you coaches and dads in the know think about pitching the first part of the season when it is somewhat colder out and the pitchers are making their first appearances. Does anyone feel that it is at all good for coaches to have their pitchers throw complete games and go above a pitch count of 80. I have seen that in the past and it seems to me that in the first (non conference) part of the season it would be better to keep the pitch counts down and use multiple pitchers if possible. I thought that it was previously common practice to work the pitch count up during the course of the season. Is there a different philosophy on this now? It seems to me that going to high pitch counts early in the season could hurt a pitcher later in the season when he should be at full strength.
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We "Pitch by Committee." In other words we tell our starter that he is not going to finish. We have 2 or 3 pitchers prepared to pitch. Then, we set pitch counts. Each will know their count. When they hit it, they come out. We use a rotation of 5 pitchers and so, it works out well. We won't extend until a little later in the season or right at our conference schedule.
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Originally posted by Hopperhop:
If it is a very cold day (somewhat like today mid 30's and windy) do you reduce the pitch count due to the weather or do you keep it the same as originally planned if the pitcher is not complaining any about pain in his arm? Thanks!!


Hopperhop, we always planned on cold weather for early in the season and pitched early games in pieces (2 or 3 pitchers per game).

Mike F

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