Again, Danley said, time was a factor in allowing his ace to throw nearly 200 pitches. As for Lowther, he noted that Thompson does his running like a major-leaguer. We checked with him, and he said he was fine. In a combined 23 innings, the two allowed only 13 hits, walked nine and combined to strike out 39, with Thompson whiffing 24. Even Colorado High School Activities Association commissioner Bert Borgmann got into the act.
Violation is forfeiture of the contest.
The jury remains out on a rule of thumb. I'm very aware of how they train over there. And their pitchers throw three, four, five times more pitches than our boys do here. There's very little thought to pitch count, even down to the high school level. What's lacking are statistics or something to show if there are more injuries or anything over there.