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Originally Posted by Dakota
Fair warning - LL baseball...
In the consolation game in the LL world series, the Texas pitcher was within one out of pitching a no-hitter against the Caribbean team when he was removed by LL rule because he reached the 85 pitch count limit. The relief pitcher struck out the last batter to preserve a "team" no hitter.
Stupid to have such a rule without any room for exceptions to be made.
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Though their heart is in the right place, I don't believe this is that great a rule. Like many other physical attributes of a player, there is no standard number you can place as a baseline. A player should at least be allowed to finish the inning. If they put as much emphasis on types of pitches thrown (yeah, I know it isn't possible) as they do on the count, it would be a higher level of protection for the player.