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The story
On 5ch’s News VIP board, a casual live-commentary thread sprang up for the Japan vs. Taiwan game at the U18 Baseball Asia Cup. Posters shared links to a virtual live-score site and rambled on about pitching changes, the cheering squads, and other bits of the game as it unfolded, with early posts also drifting into worries about the Hanshin Tigers’ pennant race standings. The topic that drew the biggest reaction was the news that a pitcher who had been throwing well would be barred from taking the mound the next day because of his pitch count — a tournament rule quite different from what Japanese high school baseball fans are used to, prompting comments like, ‘Even the High School Baseball Federation would be shocked by a rule like this.’
What people said
Niiiice work, OP~ thaaanks for the thread~
The Tigers' season's pretty much over already, so at least let Japan win this one.
ttps://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/
Okada pulled a 'Morishi' on him (5ch in-joke, exact meaning unclear from context)
You're basically the human version of Chiben Wakayama's 2026 squad (a famous Japanese high school baseball powerhouse) —
always freakin' bunting…
Wait, what are you even doing
More like ball-count-MISTAKE nerds!!!
I made mine without a template or anything, so feel free to come over to this one instead
I think I heard pros don't normally use this stadium… but it's an international tournament, so you'd hope they'd have it properly maintained.
He stepped on it, phew 😮💨
I wonder if the cheer squad captain doubles as the DJ?
Even the High School Baseball Federation would be shocked by a rule like this.
Yep, confirmed.
Well, I guess they want to keep it as a proper country-vs-country format.
Young mistress… to see you grow so knowledgeable about baseball… this old butler is truly delighted.
Young mistress,
if it's Master Okada's doing, then it can't be helped.
I think the limit for this game is 105?
So it's right on the edge of whether he can complete the game or not.
Thanks… I really hope he can pull off the complete game somehow.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Since 2020, Japanese high school baseball has enforced a pitch-count limit of 500 pitches per week aimed at preventing pitcher injuries, but rules on rest days and back-to-back appearances vary from tournament to tournament and aren’t standardized across the board. The rule that sparked discussion in this thread — that a pitcher can’t take the mound again the next day — appears, based on replies in the thread, to be tied not just to player health management but also to the tournament’s aim of preserving a proper ‘country vs. country’ format, meaning it may work on a different principle than a simple pitch-count cap. Viewers accustomed to the norms of Koshien and regional high school tournaments in Japan seem especially likely to find these international-tournament-specific circumstances puzzling. Note that the final result of the game is not mentioned anywhere in this thread and remains unknown.
※This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (News Speed VIP) thread “Monster Koshien: U18 Asia Cup — Japan vs. Taiwan”.
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