DID ANYBODY NOTICE THE MAJOR CHANGE IN PITCH COUNTS AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES?
No, nobody noticed. But make no mistake, probably due to the influence of Dr. James Andrews (and indirectly due to the noise made by Rick Wolff on his WFAN show, “The Sports Edge”), there was a major change in days of rest and pitch counts this year in Williamsport. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, pitchers at the LL World Series only needed two days of rest after throwing 85 pitches in a game. So a pitcher could throw 85 on Tuesday, 85 on Friday and then 85 on Monday, a staggering 255 pitches in seven days. As I documented last year, no major league pitcher threw that many pitches in the same time span. In fact, in 2009, no major league pitcher threw as many pitches in four days as a number of Little Leaguers threw in Williamsport. Let’s compare: In 2009, Trae Cropp of the Midwest team threw 176 pitches in four days, Marcelo Martinez of Mexico threw 173 in four days and William Mansfield of the Northwest threw 162 in four days. No major league pitcher threw as many pitches in the same time spa
