In an earlier post….I admitted to cheating by throwing Wiley Jackson 15 innings over a four day time frame. Those days were Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
He threw on a Wednesday….and again on a Saturday.
And I do specifically remember not calling that game into the papers so nobody could track his innings.
But I still have the 1992 Rule Book.
I realize now why I didn’t call it in. The rule was 12 innings in three days…..not 12 innings for the week.
But the rule is vague. If a guy pitches on a Wednesday….like Wiley did….do they count Wednesday as a day?
If that’s how they count it…then there is no violation. Wiley got the last out around 8pm on Wednesday night in that Palmdale game.
I would have argued that he pitched on Wednesday, and then didn’t pitch on Thursday or Friday. So for those three days he was kosher.
Or I could have argued that he didn’t pitch on Thursday…..or Friday….and then pitched on Saturday. So for those three days he was kosher.
But what if they counted it by hours instead of days?
When Wiley finished the win on Saturday against Panorama City….it was around 2pm.
72 hours hadn’t passed by the time he won again on Saturday. So technically they could have tried to nail us on it. But again, the rule book says “days”….not “hours”….
So I covered his tracks on innings pitched.
It only says three days in the rulebook. And it doesn’t say if the first day is counted in the “three-day” rule.
So I think we were clean.
This is what I was concerned about and why I didn’t call it in to the papers.
It could have gone either way. Definitely a grey-area.
I could have argued it if they came at us.
I would have liked my chances. I could always sell. But I “think” we were clean on that one….
I’ve included a pic of the actual rule.
You think about it….that’s a hell of a lot of innings they let guys throw if you wanted them to.
The rule now in Legion Baseball is based on a combination of innings and pitch counts.
The rule today (in the year 2020) is 105 pitches per day max….plus a cap on innings that is much more in-line with modern-day baseball.
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