“I’m not trying to trash anybody,” he said. to adopt pitch-count limits and mandatory rest periods between appearances. Peterson, who pitched at Stanford, wants the N.C.A.A. A borderline prospect, Wood needed left shoulder surgery in the minors and retired last year at 25. That revived talk of heavy workloads in past tournaments, notably the Texas reliever Austin Wood, who threw 169 pitches over 121/3 innings against Boston College in a 2009 regional the day after a 30-pitch appearance. Yet after Emanuel’s relief stint against Florida Atlantic on June 3, the ESPN studio analyst Kyle Peterson, a former major league pitcher who retired after three shoulder operations, was critical of how North Carolina used of Emanuel. After years of pressure, the rule was finally changed. banned student-athletes from earning money from their fame.
From Power 5 to Mighty 2 : As the Big Ten and the SEC consolidate power, some fear the rest of college sports could become a muddle.In an eight-day stretch, Emanuel, a third-round pick of the Houston Astros, threw 238 pitches in three tournament games.
regional two days after he threw 124 pitches in a start, Fox and Forbes have been criticized for jeopardizing Emanuel’s professional future. Since the Tar Heels used Emanuel, a long-limbed junior left-hander and the Atlantic Coast Conference’s pitcher of the year, in relief in an N.C.A.A. Still, it provided Emanuel, Fox and the pitching coach Scott Forbes an idyllic, if temporary, retreat from more than two weeks of scrutiny. A six-lane state highway runs past it, and a huge shopping mall rises on the other side. The campus, once a farm, is no longer remote.
Coach Mike Fox likes to practice at Boys Town when the Tar Heels play in the College World Series so players see and learn about the famed home for at-risk youth founded almost a century ago. OMAHA - A healthy breeze rustled the trees at Boys Town - yes, that Boys Town - as North Carolina pitcher Kent Emanuel signed autographs for young fans near the team bus.