Saturday, June 08, 2013
Jay Jaffe: Why did Kirk Gibson let Ian Kennedy throw 50 pitches in an inning?
(mlb.si.com)
Gauge Ramifrying Inning Tosses?
Read More...By the time the dust settled, Kennedy had thrown an alarming total of 50 pitches in the inning — the second-highest single-inning total in the majors this year, and the highest by a Diamondback since Doug Davis threw 44 in an inning on June 10, 2009 — long before Gibson was manager. Asked about his starter after the game, Gibson told MLB.com:
“We need around 100 [pitches] from him, no matter what…
“I didn’t have a choice… It happened ...
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< 1 2He should be drawn and quinted, you typical steroid apologist.
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