A pitcher is allowed 205 pitches in a 7 day period. Warrington threw 218. He only had 96 pitches going into the game. So the last batter had to start on his 86th pitch, and had to be a 22 pitch at-bat.
Call the Tech AD and Tommie at DIAA. Once the AD is made aware, he has a duty to step up. Then Tommie will be up to speed too.
Could you elaborate? The websites4sports boxscore has him at 109 on 5/3 and 109 on 5/8. Seems pretty straightforward.
Total over two starts in 7 days 109+109=218.
Standard DIAA rule. Use an ineligible player, you forfeit.
It is not the umpires responsibility to enforce pitch count rules. Coach have ignored the rule and lost the game. No harm, no foul. This one potential was a harm and foul. Not gonna make a difference in the conference championship, but could cause movement in the brackets.
The rule doesn’t specifically say that the “finish the batter” part applies to the 7 day pitch limit. I assume that it doesn’t.
Warrington had 96 pitches. He would be allowed to finish the batter in similar fashion to a daily limit. Otherwise it would spell that out.
I guess we just disagree on the interpretation. The only mention of "finish the batter" in the entire rule is specifically for the one day limit.
I get what your saying. I'm just going off the total allowable on the 2nd day, 96. You think it may be a drop dead 96? Maybe. Makes the violation and DQ that much more clear.
It's not even the coaches, its always some fan who probably wasn't even at the game.
In return, I do believe this makes Warrington ineligible for the game Tuesday for the Henlopen Conference Championship vs. Dover. Has not been verified, but sources have been leaked that the forfeit will not be called, instead a 1 game suspension for throwing an ineligible pitcher. Does tech stand a chance for the henlopen conference championship now against Dover on Tuesday? Dover has Velazquez lined up for the start, but if they don’t put up the run support it could be an interesting matchup. Heard there was a pitch count blunder last year during Dover vs Tech where STech parents kept the pitch count. Might explain this phenomenon of a mistake.
It’s not about winning or losing it’s about safety of the kids arm He’s a great player why abuse him Just for a high school win because dad’s like you can talk shit to each other
A 1 game suspension for the coach or player? If the coach, Warrington should still be eligible to pitch. The Cape game was on Wednesday, the Dover game is Tuesday. According to the rule he would only be able to pitch. I personally wouldn't want my son throwing 300 pitches in a 10-15 day period.
Said someone who hasn’t seen high school players needing Tommy John surgery.... you and Wheeler from Brandywine should go to dinner together
Threw a kid 160 pitches in 40 degree weather 1st game of the season a few years back. Just replying to the pitch counts are soft idiot. They would enjoy each other.
Seems like a lot amazes you Yaz. Been viewing your posts for quite some time now and all I see is nothing but favored nonsense. It’s remarkable how many opinions get posted on this site, but what would make this entertaining if we all agreed on the same topics. “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” I would love your input.
