Lopsided

[Guest AG/DC]

TOKYO, April 17 (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.

[metirish]

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.�

Yeah you wouldn't want him throwing a bunch of pitches.

[Guest sharpie]

Most pitchers when they give up 26 runs in the first aren't sent out for a second inning.

[bmfc1]

I've suffered through three "mercy'd" HS JV games in a row but those were nothing compared to this! Thanks for posting this article.

[metirish]

I guess that's " country hard ball" Japanese style .

[soupcan]

That's ridicurous.

[Centerfield]

I didn't know that Satoru Komiyama had a high-school age son.

[Guest Triple Dee]

Shunshukan should be crowned World Champions according to the Pythagorean statistic.

[metirish]

The Shea crowd would be booing him after the first 50 runs were in , you think Willie would pull him?

[Guest holychicken]

How is that even possible? Were there any fielders at all?

[metirish]

holychicken wrote: How is that even possible? Were there any fielders at all?

Eric Brunlett was playing....

[soupcan]

And Todd Hundley was in left.

[metirish]

Piazza wasn't scooping them at first , we need tape of this game set to the theme from Benny Hill.


Is Benny Agbayani still playing over there?

[batmagadanleadoff]

metirish wrote: The Shea crowd would be booing him after the first 50 runs were in , you think Willie would pull him?

No. Willie would try to sac bunt his way back into that game.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

="soupcan"]That's ridicurous.

[seawolf17]

And there's this douchebag coach in Illinois, whose kids scored 31 runs in the first inning -- including a kid who hit for the cycle in the inning -- in a 53-0 rout.

Dickhead.

http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1394994.html