StL 2024 Game #32 thread – Friday, May 3 vs. White Sox

[jj-cf-stl]

At least doubled his pitch count but not bad after 3

[jj-cf-stl]

Willson w/a multi-hit game.

[jj-cf-stl]

Gray w/4 scoreless IP on 56 pitches.
7,8 and 9 due up for the top of 5th.

[bicyclemike]

Winn has a quick bat. I don’t like that big stride he takes as it can get you off balance. But it seems to work for him. Need Noot to get going, but we can say that about a lot of guys.

[bicyclemike]

On that Red Barrett season, when 1TD said 1946 it didn’t sound right as I played the ‘46 Cardinals a lot in APBA back in the day, and he was not on them. So I looked it up and saw it was ‘45.

[1toughdominican]

My mistake wasn’t a typo either, Bikemike. The old headlights just don’t light up the print as well as they once did. That was clearly an E-1TD…An old fashioned “Das Boot”…Haha!

[jj-cf-stl]

Leadoff for the third time.

[AlbertTheMachine]

Reports are that the Padres are about to trade 3 prospects for Arraez

[1toughdominican]

Can anyone recall when or why 100 pitches became some sort of magic number?

[AlbertTheMachine]

I’ve wondered the same thing 1TD. It seems too nice and round of a number and it seems like it would vary pitcher to pitcher.

[bicyclemike]

When Arenado is on he has that head right down on the ball. He follows the ball to the bat as good as anyone I can recall.

[jj-cf-stl]

Arenado again, a pair of timely doubles.

[bicyclemike]

We all commit a das-boot now and then 1TD, especially in our later years. Like players late in their careers, we are not quite as sharp in the second half.

[1toughdominican]

Yeah Albert, my limit is a lot less than a guy like Spahn…And who or what entity deemed this number to be a magic one? Or possibly it was some sort of all knowing supreme being…Haha!

[jj-cf-stl]

2, 3 and 4 up for Gray

[LACardFan]

Can anyone recall when or why 100 pitches became some sort of magic number?

They think it lowers the risk of arm injuries (offset by teams teaching kids to throw 100+ mph)

[1toughdominican]

Yeah, LA, but why 100 and not 99 or even 150?

[jj-cf-stl]

Winn, Noot and Gorman due up

[1toughdominican]

I wonder if hitters will ever have a swing count? You know, 50 rips and they sit you down for a while. You ever chopped any wood? It’ll flat beat you up…Haha!

[AlbertTheMachine]

How did we come to decide that 100 pitches were too many?

Well, it seems that the number was arbitrary.

James Andrews, the renowned orthopedic surgeon, suggested 100 — a ballpark figure — in a 1999 study titled “Elbow Injuries in Young Baseball Players” with James Whiteside. Even 17 years later, this study is still frequently cited. The 100-pitch limit suggestion took hold, and it seems over time, the suggestion lost its ambiguity.

1TD, this is what I found on Fox Sports

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/the-problem-with-the-100-pitch-limit

[1toughdominican]

Thanks, Albert…I like the “Ballpark Figure” part!

[LACardFan]

For the moment, Mike Siani has a higher batting average than Lars Nootbaar and Nolan Gorman in the 32nd game of the seaon. We are 20% of the way into the season.

[jj-cf-stl]

Vaughn, Benintendi and PDJ due up. Gray using 81 pitches to record the Quality Start over 6 IP.

[LACardFan]

I like the “Ballpark Figure” part!

Very astute of you to pick up on that!

[1toughdominican]

After completing these 7 scoreless innings, Gray’s ERA is now a scant 0.89 after 5 turns in the rotation. Not too shabby for a little guy who’s only listed at 5-10.

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