And he collapsed in the sixth. Gardy says he wants Pelfrey to get stronger so he always leaves him in until he collapses. And the Twins lose every one of Pelfrey's starts in the sixth because of that philosophy. Six of his last seven starts have the same exact pattern and Gardy does the same thing every single game.
I'm NOT opposed to Pelfrey in the starting rotation, I'm just sick of seeing Gardy treat him this way. He's made a remarkable recovery from Tommy John surgery but he's having no success at all being abused this way.
At the same time, the Twins were not going to win last night going against that kind of pitching. Seattle deserved to win even though the Twins did squander a couple of decent chances.
I really want ONE rule change in baseball. I've talked about a lot of them over the years but this one REALLY makes sense. With TWO OUTS and the runner on first base going on contact anyway, he should be allowed to score on ground-ruled doubles.The Twins lost a run again last night because of the current rule.
The rule states that you can't assume the runner would score on the play. I say, sure you can as long as he's already close to second base any way.
I know this rule change would hurt the Twins as much as help them, but fair is fair. That runner has been caught trapped on third base all too often by a rule that needs some obvious tweaking. The pitcher and defense have gotten the benefit of this call since the rule was made.
I can't think of any play in the history of baseball, where a runner going on contact with two outs, didn't score when the hit was a double by the player batting. It's always an easy score.
It's time to do the right thing and tweak the rule when there are two outs. I can't think of any reason why the rule change would not be accepted by just about everyone. It's such an obvious move.
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