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No he won’t. Regardless of whether Beck threw 90 or 114 pitches today, he’s not pitching in a Sunday game.

It’s one thing to use Grech the way we did in the regional - he’s a sidearmer with no pro prospects. Throwing Beck out there again under any circumstances this weekend would be coaching malpractice.

The discussion of a high pitch count brought back some painful memories for me.  The really old timers on this board may recall the 1999 College World Series.  Stanford won its first two games, and only had to win a third to make it to the championship.  They faced Florida State, which had already lost a game and had to win two consecutive games vs Stanford to survive.  FSU won the first game, but I didn't think they had much chance for the second - one of their two best pitchers had, no lie, injured his ACL in the regional post game celebration.  And Stanford brought out Jason Young, the ace of the staff.  It was a slugfest, and 9 let Young pitch through the eighth after throwing 167 pitches.  That was fodder for anyone who wanted to criticize the program.
In case you want verification, here's the box score:
Box score FSU-Stanford CWS

[Embo]

No he won’t. Regardless of whether Beck threw 90 or 114 pitches today, he’s not pitching in a Sunday game.

It’s one thing to use Grech the way we did in the regional - he’s a sidearmer with no pro prospects. Throwing Beck out there again under any circumstances this weekend would be coaching malpractice.

The discussion of a high pitch count brought back some painful memories for me.  The really old timers on this board may recall the 1999 College World Series.  Stanford won its first two games, and only had to win a third to make it to the championship.  They faced Florida State, which had already lost a game and had to win two consecutive games vs Stanford to survive.  FSU won the first game, but I didn't think they had much chance for the second - one of their two best pitchers had, no lie, injured his ACL in the regional post game celebration.  And Stanford brought out Jason Young, the ace of the staff.  It was a slugfest, and 9 let Young pitch through the eighth after throwing 167 pitches.  That was fodder for anyone who wanted to criticize the program.
In case you want verification, here's the box score:
Box score FSU-Stanford CWS