Pitcher 1 throws 155 pitches in Sunday's game.
Pitcher 2, same team as Pitcher 1, throws 150+ pitches in Monday's game.
As is now customary, the infamous State Committee is also playing fast and loose with the schedule to suit its own ends. But, that's a different story.
When are you people going to wake up? These pitch counts are absurd. You are driving the Legion program into the dirt. You are gambling young arms for a few meaningless wins. My son played 4 years of Legion. He was lucky. He had three excellent coaches who would never have risked his health. (And one who did). As much as I love Legion, there is no way I would let him play for some of these clowns.
Legion is dependent on future college players. Sooner or later college coaches are going to start telling their kids to not play Legion. If Legion does not clean up it's act, it will soon fade away. Hopefully, the new Pitch Smart initiative founded by MLB and Dr. Andrews' group will embarrass organizations like Legion and USSSA enough that they will be forced to change.
In fairness, there are some very good Legion programs out there that would NEVER risk a kids health like this. I applaud those coaches for doing the right thing. But, there are way too many clowns in Legion, and HS, and travel, that don't give a rat's behind about arm health. These people need to be forced into the 21st century.
Pitcher 2, same team as Pitcher 1, throws 150+ pitches in Monday's game.
As is now customary, the infamous State Committee is also playing fast and loose with the schedule to suit its own ends. But, that's a different story.
When are you people going to wake up? These pitch counts are absurd. You are driving the Legion program into the dirt. You are gambling young arms for a few meaningless wins. My son played 4 years of Legion. He was lucky. He had three excellent coaches who would never have risked his health. (And one who did). As much as I love Legion, there is no way I would let him play for some of these clowns.
Legion is dependent on future college players. Sooner or later college coaches are going to start telling their kids to not play Legion. If Legion does not clean up it's act, it will soon fade away. Hopefully, the new Pitch Smart initiative founded by MLB and Dr. Andrews' group will embarrass organizations like Legion and USSSA enough that they will be forced to change.
In fairness, there are some very good Legion programs out there that would NEVER risk a kids health like this. I applaud those coaches for doing the right thing. But, there are way too many clowns in Legion, and HS, and travel, that don't give a rat's behind about arm health. These people need to be forced into the 21st century.