Quote Originally Posted by zook
Lukie & UG: I was a pretty good middle school pitcher.

My point was just that the Phillies had a choice between pitching their ace (Hamels) on 3 days rest or a guy who was 9-13 with an ERA over 4.3 (Blanton). If there's ever a time to pitch your ace on 3 days rest it's the postseason, and if they lost today they would have faced CC on full rest on Tuesday. Apparently Manuel didn't even consider it b/c Hamels pitched a lot of innings this year and has never pitched on 3 days rest. Obviously it worked out well today (wooooooooot) and Blanton pitched out of his mind but I think Manuel's should reconsider pitching Hamels on 3 days rest in the NLCS or WS.
i played for about 15 years or so, in high school i was a captain, first-team all conference, offensive player of the year, etc. after that year i played in a very serious wooden bat league with a lot of D1 college players and some former minor leaguers.. for being the youngest player in the league I was still a starter and more than held my own. quitting baseball to do affiliate marketing was one of the poorer decisions in my life, but oh well.

i pitched for a long time too before moving exlusively to center field, i'm just saying, that major leaguers are in a whole different category. they are throwing so hard and literally pushing their bodies to the absolute limit. it's a lot different than middle school, high school, or even college baseball.