Relief Pitching Essay, Research Paper

-Set up your relief men with the best reliever for the end and the others as middle men if the starter fails early.

-Relief men with good arms can pitch an inning or two for two or three days in a row.

-If you use them three or more innings in any one game, they should have a day’s rest before pitching again.

-If a relief man is not used in a game for three or four days in a row, have him pitch 15-20 minutes of batting practice one day and then rest a day before relieving.

-When your relief pitcher gets up to warm up, make sure he gets good and loose the first time up.

-For the next two or three innings then it should not be necessary for him to throw too much.

-If he warms up from the first or second inning to the seventh or eighth, it may be necessary to switch to a different reliever.

-Sometimes it will be necessary for a pitcher to warm up in a hurry—he can get loose rapidly by throwing 15-20 preliminary pitches like an infielder.

Bibliography

Cal Ripken, Sr. Managing Pitchers. [Online]. http://www.howtoguru.com/CDA/Article/0,1093,1-1003-3790-2013,00.html December 8, 2000