The Dallas Morning News
Texas Rangers pitching coach Doug Brocail (center) visits with starting pitcher Derek Holland (left) and manager Jeff Banister after finishing the fifth inning at the Globe Life Park in Arlington, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Holland didn;t pitch the 6th. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)
CLEVELAND - Rangers pitching coach Doug Brocail did a literal double take Monday.
The subject: Pitch counts. For high school pitchers.
Told that there had been at least four examples of DFW high school pitchers recently exceeding 120 pitches in big games, Brocail launched into a long monologue about the dangers of such high counts.