Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Nice work Crain
So, in yesterday's Twins game, Scotty Ulger pulled Perkins after 7 1/3 good innnings with a runner on 1st and 1 out and a 4-1 lead. It looked to me that he could've kept goin at the time. Anyways, Jesse Crain comes in and procedes to walk the first batter in 5 pitches and then give up a single to score the Tigers second run of the game, leaving runners at 1st and 3rd 1 out. Denny Reyes and Matt Gurrier proceded to blow the Twins lead, who eventually lost 5-4. I hate the fact that Perkins gets charged for a full run because Jesse Crain sucked. If anything, Perkins should get charged for 1/4 run and Crain 3/4 run. Crain allowed the runner to move from 1st to home (3/4 of the way). Baseball purists would hate this idea, but I just don't think its fair the way the rule is set up now. Call me what you like, Naps, Craig ....etc, but Perkins got screwed because Crain blew it.
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Perkins got screwed because Scotty Ulger terribly mismanaged the game. Perkins only threw 91 pitches when he was taken out. You leave him in and if he allows another baserunner, then you take him out. We used 4 pitchers to make 2 outs...brutal.
i don't even think there is a pitcher in major league baseball that would agree with you right now, mad dawg. getting that technical is not only ridiculous, its unrealistic. if a pitcher gives up a single, but because the outfielder tried to throw someone out at home, the runner advanced to second, is he responsible for 1/4 of that run for giving up a single or 1/2 because the runner was able to advance because of the outfielders throw? i could come up with an endless number of more scenarios...
Naps, your right. My point was simply to state that the current rule is unfair to the pitcher who allows the baserunner. I am not suggesting that they actually change the rule.
If he didn't want to be charged with a run, he should't have let the runners get on. Opponents are hitting .305 against him and has a 1.48 WHIP. Him having a 4.27 ERA is lucky as is the 5-2 record.
He let one runner get on, watch the pluralization there chipper.
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