Re: Parnell ... Pitch Count?

On 2009-08-09 02:29:09 -0400, Trendon <trendonlynch@xxxxxxxxx> said:

Lurker on these forums for a long time and forced to watch today's
game on mute. Was Parnell on a strict limit?

I don't know what that limit was, but it was his first start in the majors; the radio broadcasters were speculating that the feeling was probably that if he put in 4-5 innings it would be a good thing (regardless of how many innings he actually stayed in for).

Presumably they were looking for that point at which loss of effectiveness was clearly a matter of fatigue, and not the Padres' amazing hitting prowess, bad umpire calls, bad pitch calls, etc.

Unfortunately they found it in the third inning...

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