Wayne: I am a big fan of Japanese high school baseball and was at Koshien for the wonderful tournament recently, but I am very disappointed high school coaches/administrators (and parents) allow their pitchers'/sons' arms to be abused for potential short-term gain.
Allowing a teenager to pitch three or four days in a row, often throwing more than 100 pitches, is shameful and dangerous.
The harm being done to these young kids' arms (which will often later go "dead") is regrettable and unnecessary.
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