This was one of my favorite features to write, and, at around 2,500 words, is easily the longest I’ve written in my career. This story — about Idaho’s new pitch count rules — is catered to die-hard baseball fans. But this biased narrator argues that there’s enough interesting information and anecdotes to grab any reader.

Idaho’s counting era: No-hitters take back seat to pitcher health

UDPATE (September 3, 2017): I wrote a follow-up story about pitch counts after Idaho finished its first high school season(s) with the new rules in place:

Pitch counts have already changed Idaho prep baseball, but injuries persist