The "Other" UCLA Pitcher

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[quote="P_Manning 18":1ymvbl99]

129 pitches over 10 innings is fantastic

Mark Prior agrees with you.

Clearly you've never pitched at any level beyond little league.
13 pitches per inning is a tremendous rate.

And here you talk about your success. Please inform us what you have done as a pitcher. You probably were not throwing in the mid 90's or throwing a division 1 college curveball. A kid on my high school team (who was originally committed to UConn) threw 172 pitches in an 8 inning game and his arm hasn't been the same since. His scholarship was taken away from UConn and he now pitches for a community college.

I was a #3 on a major DII NAIA baseball powerhouse for 3 years. I was throwing 89-92 and threw an overhand curve as a righty, which is a rarity in itself. I also threw a splitter, change, 2 and 4 seamers and occasionally a slider from a 3/4 slot. In 3 years I was 15-8 and my ERA was somewhere around 3.50. By no means was I dominating, but I DID pitch effectively at the Collegiate level. I could have gone to a couple of D-I schools, but probably wouldnt have played anywhere near as much as I did at a smaller school.

172 pitches in 8 innings vs 129 in 10 innings is apples and oranges. There is no such thing as a D-I curveball. The best I've ever seen have come out of DII and DIII players. If thats all you've got is a good curve, thats probably a good reason why youre DII or DIII.[/quote:1ymvbl99]

Nope I'm not playing anymore. Hurt my arm pitching my junior year of high school, got my scholarship offers taken away. Gave it another try, my velocity dropped a total of 10 mph. Only offers left were d-2 and d-3 and I figured that I rather get an education then go to some school to play baseball.

 

[scotty21690]

lol @ people thinking that 129 pitches over 10 innings = instant tommy john surgery.