Pitch count tracker from first 3 games-NY Post

"NICK-ING UP OPPOSING PITCHERS: Boston used three of the 12-or-so best starters in the AL (Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and John Lackey), and the

• Yanks still forced the Red Sox to expend 506 pitches, an average of
• 168.7 per game.

• The Nicks -- Johnson and Swisher -- honored their patient pedigree by seeing

more than a quarter of those pitches (130) all by themselves."...

• from NY Post by Joel Sherman, "Sure it's early-but signs are good for Yankees," 4/9/10

(I'm sure the Red Sox got Yankee pitchers to throw quite a lot as well-both teams do that. That's how championships are won today). ed

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