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Count on it - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
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Apr 27, 8:00am
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Adam Wainwright threw more than 125 pitches Saturday. These days that merits a discussion about whether it's too many.
From the page: "Adam Wainwright just had thrown 126 pitches, and his right arm did not fall off. It hung unencumbered, Wainwright eschewing standard postgame procedure where starting pitchers mummify their throwing arms in ice packs. He prefers going au natural with his appendage, figuring ice constricts the blood flow that promotes healing.
'I do have exceptions' Wainwright said, walking toward the St. Louis Cardinals' trainer's room. 'I am going to ice today.'
With good reason. Of the nearly 5,000 starts that major league pitchers will make this season, perhaps a dozen will end the way Wainwright's did Saturday, with more than 125 pitches thrown. Pitch count is a touchy subject among baseball enthusiasts...
Yet La Russa trusts Wainwright, in large part because of two years ago. Back then, Wainwright was a rookie and the Cardinals a playoff team. Because of their starting-pitching depth, St. Louis moved Wainwright to the bullpen. By the postseason, he was closing, his curveball freezing Carlos Beltran to send the Cardinals to the World Series, his slider striking out Brandon Inge to win it.
'It's what you earn,' La Russa said. 'Part of it is what he showed when he was a reliever in `06. He's very good with men on base. He's very good making pitches when he has to. ... You watch and see a guy all game long. When he starts to change, it means most times he's losing stuff, getting tired, losing concentration.'"
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