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Yahoo! Passan: Count on it
Published 4/27/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Yahoo! Passan: Count on it Wainwright, La Russa and other political PAP. Adam Wainwright just had thrown 126 pitches, and his right arm did not fall off. It hung unencumbered, Wainwright eschewing standard postgame procedure where starting pitchers mummify their throwing arms in ice packs. He prefers going au natural with his appendage, figuring ice constricts the blood flow that promotes healing. “I do have exceptions,” Wainwright said, walking toward the St. Louis Cardinals’ trainer’s room. “I am going to ice today.” ...Damn the numbers, La Russa seemed to be saying, and ...

1-2-3, count with me . . .
Published 4/28/2008 by lboros at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts
... ). after wainwright’s outing, jeff passan pointed out at Yahoo sports that while opinions remain sharply divided about the correlation between high pitch counts and injuries, the fact is that pitch counts are being watched much more closely; it’s very rare for any pitcher to throw 125 pitches in a game anymore, let alone in an april game. passan notes that only 14 starts lasted 125 or more pitches in 2007, and only 26 went that long the year before that; only 2 of those starts came in april (by schilling in 2006 and barry zito last year). ...