TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese high school pleaded for a regional game to be abandoned after surrendering 66 runs in less than two innings, local media reported on Thursday.
The coach of Kawamoto technical high school threw in the towel to spare his pitcher's arm with his team losing 66-0 with just one batter out in the bottom of the second.
The hapless hurler had already sent down over 250 pitches, allowing 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before Kawamoto asked for mercy.
"At that pace the pitcher would have thrown around 500 pitches in four innings," Kawamoto's coach was quoted as saying. "There was a danger he could get injured."
Opponents Shunshukan were officially credited with a 9-0 victory, giving the scoreline a tinge of respectability for the luckless Kawamoto school.
I love that line, "there was a danger he could get injured". Hey coach, news flash - maybe you should have taken your boy out of the game in, oh, I don't know...the FIRST inning? I mean, what - did you think your team could come BACK from giving up 26 runs in the first? Seriously, never mind that this poor kid threw more pitches in an inning than Mariano Rivera throws in a season; you were worried only because you figured if he got to 500 pitches, he'd start having problems?
This coach must work for the Dodgers organization.
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