And now, as Commissioner of baseball....

I am officially changing the scoring rules by fiat. Under current rules, the pitcher who allows a runner to reach base is charged with the run if that runner eventually scores.

Henceforth--if a relief pitcher enters the game with a man on FIRST and allows that runner to score, the reliever shall be charged with the run. For the runner to score, there must be an extra-base hit or multiple hits/walks/errors/HBP for the runner to score. The reliever will have done more damage than the pitcher who allowed the runner to reach first (a pitching corollary of the no RBI on a DP rule).

Let it be written, let it be done.

(I'm still working out the kinks--say the starter walks a man, he advances to second under Reliever #1 and scores on Reliever #2. )

And then I have to deal with the steroid-era record book!