The Pitch Count in Baseball (MLB) is for Pansies

Original Post Date: September 6, 2013

I get so tired of hearing about the "pitch count" in MLB (Major League Baseball), it isn't even funny. I rarely even watch this sport anymore, but when I do, I can't help but think about how the sport has changed so much in the last 20 years or so. There are so many aspects of this game that has become ridiculous, that I won't even begin to mention them today. However, this post is about the asinine "pitch count" that people seem to keep talking about, as if all the pitchers are utter pansies these days...

I don't know about what you think, but whatever happened to the simple things pitchers used to do like 'complete games' or have 'shutouts' or perhaps have an arm that isn't made of rubber? It almost seems like a fundamental for the primary starting pitcher to get taken out of the game if he reaches a certain pitch count in the 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th inning, no matter what! I've seen way too many teams lose the game because they take their starting pitcher out in the 7th inning with a 3 to 0 lead, since he has thrown 100 pitches or more (oh, wow!), then end up losing the game after the reliever comes in and blows the game. What is up with all the reliever credit anyway? Is there a "save craze" going on or something???

What has happened to the arms of baseball? With all the supplements, growth hormones and steroids going on, you'd think that less pansy power would be involved. Back in the day, pitchers didn't even have to "workout" and they simply ate meat, beans & potatoes while drinking multiple beers and occasionally fornicating, and would still come in and pitch complete games without whining about their arm falling off. I've even heard of pitchers pitching double-headers (2 games in the same day) before, albeit that is not always a good idea. I used to pitch, but not in the MLB, of course, but I still know a thing or two about this game. I'm just so sick of all this robotic management along with the facts and figures that portray this game as if we got little robots on the field that only operate accordingly to their computer-generated data. It ain't like that! Humans are involved and we got a game called baseball that shouldn't involve pansies and people with delicate arms. I mean, could these people even sack groceries or flip a fake burger at McDonald's without going over "the count" where they supposed to be tired and hand the job over to somebody else???

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Update: I must say, even after coming back to this post several years later (2021), nothing has changed for the baseball good. The MLB is constantly changing the rules of the game; pitchers are still treated like pansies and the pitch count is now fused with other arenas of baseball circus circuitry such as constant chatter about launch angles, exit velocities and the infamous infield & outfield shifts used against certain gullible batters. It is nothing out of the ordinary for batters to have well over 200 strikeouts per season, but hey, what about that launch angle when they finally do hit the damn ball; lol!

Then you have rule changes like automatic walks without the pitcher even having to throw a pitch, a runner starting on 2nd base at the beginning of each inning after the 9th (in the event it goes to extra innings), relief pitchers having to face a minimum of 3 batters before they can get taken out of the game (I actually like that one) unless the inning ends before that, if you play a double-header the games will only be played for 7 innings instead of the traditional 9, and so on. As you can see, a lot has change in the MLB since I originally posted this crap about a pitch count. Well, what's next? A pitch clock? A mercy rule where the team can quit the game prematurely after a certain inning if they are getting beat too badly? I will say this, if they do make one more change in the future, I hope it's an automated K-zone (strike zone) that removes the umpire's ability to call balls & strikes. I can't be the only one that is so tired of the arguments and the bad calls when it comes to ball & strikes. We have the technology, so why not actually use it for something good as opposed to all these other asinine rule changes; ha!

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