He's 3rd overall in pitches thrown in relief work. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitching?split=128&league=mlb&season=2008&seasonType=2&sort=pitches&type=pitch3&ageMin=17&ageMax=51&state=0&college=0&country=0&hand=a&pos=all But he doesn't average a huge number of pitches per IP at least. Not even in the top 200 @ 16.5/IP. He has a lot of quick low-stress innings. To be fair, he jumps up to 81st when you make the minimum 20 IP. Well you are accurate, but that would still indicate to me that his use has been in no way "reckless" like many are trying to claim it to be. Lou has his share of stupidity and bad managing just as EVERY manager does, but if there is one thing it seems that he doesn't do, it's recklessly abuse pitchers.