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Pitch Smart Pitching Guidelines
Major League Baseball. "Pitch Smart Pitching Guidelines." https://www.mlb.com/pitch-smart/pitching-guidelines.
Why this matters here
Major League Baseball’s Pitch Smart guidelines (with USA Baseball) recommend age-based pitch counts, rest, and limits on year-round and overlapping competitive throwing to reduce injury risk from fatigue and overload. The Game We Think We Saw treats the pitch count as an unusually plain protective number standing between the athlete and the story the inning wants. The source is workload guidance for youth pitching; the book asks what the game narrative obscures when protection must interrupt drama.
