Quote:
Originally Posted by uruguru
Can you explain the rationale of a pitcher becoming fatigued while not pitching? I'm just a little confused about this.
|
There are a lot of factors to this.
One is afterburn. Pitchers are pretty hyped up, generally, while pitching. That doesn't just go away the minute they stop. Their body is still burning some energy and consuming additional oxygen for a while after they sit down. That is fatiguing.
Other pieces have been covered. The arm gets tight and requires re-warming up...which is more energy expended, etc.
The guy doesn't go onto a shelf when the rain delay starts just to be pulled back off of it when the game resumes.