bballman posted:
I'm a pitcher's dad, so I feel your pain. But, the fact that the starter gave up 4 runs and 3 more of his runners scored lessen the blow for me. 7 runs in less than 2 innings, he probably deserves the loss, even though the game took some other turns from there.
What irks me about this process is a starter goes say 5 or 6 innings giving up 1 run and is behind 1-0 when he leaves. Relievers give up another 5 and the team loses 6-5. That's a tough loss to take because the starter pitched well. But, this pitcher gave up a bunch of runs on his own, so I really don't see that he deserves anything but the loss.
Actually, for me the problem isn’t in how winning and losing pitchers are chosen by the rules. The problem is choosing a winning or losing pitcher at all. 