January 26, 2006
The Rules
Via the Boston Globe, here are the rules on use and rosters for the World Baseball Classic. Here's the pitch counts:
Pitchers in the first round of games, scheduled from March 3-10, will be limited to 65 pitches. The amount rises to 80 pitches for the second round, set for March 12-16, and 95 for the semifinals on March 18 and the championship March 20.
A 30-pitch outing must be followed by one day off, and a 50-pitch outing must be followed by four days off. No one will be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days.
Pitchers who reach the limit will be allowed to complete the current plate appearance. The usual rule that a starting pitcher must throw at least five innings to get credit for a win will be waived.
Are pitchers usually throwing 95 pitches in the middle of March? That seems like a high limit. I doubt major league hurlers will come near that.
Posted by David Pinto at
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who says hurlers what a retard
Thanks, Bob, for the insight. Hurlers is actually a perfectly acceptable slang term for pitchers.
As for 95 pitches in mid-March, I would just like to say that, as a Yankee fan, I'm glad Randy Johnson has opted out of the WBC. I do not want him throwing 95 pitches a week and a half into training.
Major-league moundsmen (hey bob, that's not a reference to Russ Meyer, not that you'd know who he was) might not, but the international pitchers just might. The rule seems to be codifying what teams will more than likely do anyway. It also prevents losing teams from being able to claim they would have been able to win if their guys hadn't been on a pitch count, etc.
I fear for arms out of sockets, torn labra, blown out elbows. It could get real ugly on the mound.
I say, once every four years, extend the All-Star break and have the WBC instead.
have the thing after the season. this thing is going to suck
