She enforced strict counting deadlines, just as Mr. Bush wanted, and then, contradicting an earlier directive from her office, she advised counties to apply a liberal standard for counting absentee ballots, a move that helped Mr. Bush pick up hundreds of critical votes.
"We probably have the strictest count of everyone," Dan Pfeiffer, a spokesman for Mr. Obama, said.
Scheduled to make his first start since June 5 today, JOSé CONTRERAS will not be on a strict pitch count.
Wood, who threw 281 1/3 innings in the minors, was kept on a strict pitch count every game, and he believes it was more hindrance than help.
That might make things easier for Chamberlain, who admitted it was challenging to know he had such a strict pitch count.
The Nationals kept him on a strict pitch count and intended to have him stop pitching once he reached 105 innings.
So I stayed on a very strict calorie count, which seems kind of low, but you can find ways to still be satisfied on a low-calorie diet.
Lieber, who pitched one spring training game for the Yankees and three minor league games as part of his rehab assignment, will not be held to a strict pitch count.
Valentine lifted him after 85 pitches partly because Turk Wendell needed work in the seventh, but Leiter -- making his second start after a stint on the disabled list with a strained elbow tendon -- will not be on a strict pitch count his next start.
Chen (5-0), acquired from Atlanta along with the lefty Jim Osting for Andy Ashby last Wednesday, allowed just three hits in his first start since last Oct. 2. The 23-year-old left-hander, on a strict pitch count, struck out three and walked none.
