Pitch counts........

      are probably one of the most overrated stat in baseball said  a scout from the Giants I  was sitting next to last night at the game #3 of the Yankee- Rangers Series.In which Cliff Lee Cruised for an easy 8-0. I asked the scout when a pitcher warms up isn't he using up pitches and wouldn't that effect the pitch count, he said they probably throw at 50%- Strength to just keep warm so another wards for every 8 pitches it should probably tack on another 4 pitches to the "count"-   Nolan Ryan it was said to have thrown 254 pitches in one game- and everyone knows he used to hit at least 99 on the gun so the argument that pitchers didn't throw as hard back then its BS. The official record is by Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators threw 228 pitches in a 16 inning complete game victory over the Baltimore Orioles in 1962. In this game Cheney struckout 21 batters which, as of 2010, is the MLB record for most batters struck out by a pitcher in a game.....................The game was relatively boring but i got to listen in to some sophisticated Poker strategy  and Gambling stories I went to the game with my Friend Abe M., a Poker and games whiz, and  David "the" Grey another poker player.