So there's something that's been bothering me since the beginning of this year's Major League Baseball season. Why is it if a closer blows a save in the 9th inning and his team picks him up their next at bat and they win the game, the guy who blew it gets the win?
It doesn't make any sense to me. Feels illogical. The guy puts in a losing effort and gets rewarded? It's just not right.
What to do with the win? If it were up to me, I just wouldn't give it to anyone. Unless there's some rule in the MLB rulebook that says you have to give a pitcher the win, just don't give it to anyone. I would almost consider giving it to the starting pitcher if he had a quality start.
Clearly, my solutions would need some work, but it just feels so wrong to me that the guy who blew it gets the W. It may be an extreme analogy, but it's almost as bad as the guys who helped ruin the economy getting bailed out and then getting bonuses. Ridiculous.
