THE TALE OF THE 297 ERA.

A Japanese high school decided to call it quits after recording one out in the bottom of the second. What was the score you ask... 66-0. Ouch. But, it gets better. The coach of Kawamoto technical high school only called the game to spare his pitcher's arm. That's correct, the team stayed with one pitcher the entire time. The guy had thrown over 250 pitches so far, 26 runs in the first and 40 in the second. What was the manager thinking when he sent him out in the second? We don't know, but what we do know is why he stopped the game;

"At that pace the pitcher would have thrown around 500 pitches in four innings," Kawamoto's coach was quoted as saying. "There was a danger he could get injured."

What a dick. 250... that's okay. 500... we don't want to hurt the kid. STORY