#Shortstops: Patently amazing
In today’s game, managers and pitching coaches try to prevent the pitchers from getting injured by limiting the pitches they throw in a game with a pitch count and using them in a five-day pitching rotation.
Matthew Carter was a curatorial intern in the Hall of Fame’s Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development
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