LL Doesn't Care

[David B]

Originally Posted by asdf

The kid had his surgery within the last 18 months.

i haven't seen any comments attributed to Dr. Andrews endorsing the throwing of curveballs any sooner and I would bet you never will.

He told my friend that the studies really won't shed a whole bunch of light on the matter since they are not performed in real-time. In other words, you cannot logistically re-create actual inning/game/season conditions on a sample large enough to make a solid finding.

My buddy has decided to not let his kid pitch..... at all....

We have a kid right now in 9th grade having surgery. The way it was described is that the curve ball puts pressure on the growth plate and that causes separation and thus the pain.

Shame because he is a good kid and good pitcher. But, he's also been playing tournament ball since he was 10 and throwing curve balls.

Pitch counts might help some, but I think we see in MLB now what happens when you just overdo - look at Strausburg. They are not really saying, but there is major concern about his future from what I read on ESPN.

Of course what good is a pitch count when they pitch 80 or so pitches and then move to F2 and throw another 80 or so plus all the warm up pitches etc.,

Thansk
David