[DC 86]

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

No verification needed, there are many examples of pitcher overuse during the Marquess/Dunton years. In the 2003 CWS John Hudgins threw 135 pitches in our first game and then came back on two days rest to throw 131 more (yes, 266 pitches in four days.) Of course Stanford's opponent was Rice, coached by Wayne Graham who was notorious for pitcher abuse. Their "big three" in the 2003 CWS of Humber, Niemann and Townsend were all eventually drafted within the first eighth picks of the 2004 draft but then broke down with serious arm problems at some point.

[DC 86]

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

No verification needed, there are many examples of pitcher overuse during the Marquess/Dunton years. In the 2003 CWS John Hudgins threw 135 pitches in our first game and then came back on two days rest to throw 131 more (yes, 266 pitches in four days.) Of course Stanford's opponent was Rice, coached by Wayne Graham who was notorious for pitcher abuse. Their "big three" in the 2003 CWS of Humber, Niemann and Townsend were all eventually drafted within the first eighth picks of the 2004 draft but then broke down with serious arm problems at some point.