Player safety?

[ozzy6900]

No, it is not the job of the umpire (and I don't care what Dixie says, either) to worry about pitch count. Maybe I'm jut too old to figure out how to do this but I cannot hold an indicator and 2 pitch counters and still call balls & strikes! This is total nonsense to even consider this to be part of umpiring. That what God made coaches for!

[Out]

At what point abuse? 195 pitches? 79? 2,908?

Let abuse be a parent-coach-player decision. Sadly, many parents and coaches will eat their children/players.