Justice

I am certain that this will open the doors to intensive philosophical debate, perhaps for decades to come.

Last night I am sitting with my son at the Phillies-Mets game here in Philadelphia. Randy Wolf, the Phillies starting pitcher, pitches 8 superb innings, but he is out of gas to start the 9th inning and allows 3 successive singles to the top of the Mets order. The manager wisely decides that a change is needed. Tim Worrell, a veteran relief pitcher, makes his way to the mound and strikes out Mike Piazza for out number 1. But then, with the count 3 balls and 0 strikes, he grooves one to Cliff Floyd, who sends it somewhere over the continent of Europe to make the game 5-4. He holds on to get the next two outs and we win, but INJUSTICE has occurred.

Wolf gets charged with 3 runs in his official stats because his were the 2nd and 3rd runs to score on the homerun by Worrell. Yet doth this not lack equity? I believe (and here is where you may disagree with my belief system) that the pitcher giving up the homerun thereof shouldst be charged with half of the runs he alloweth that wouldst otherwise be charged to the previous hurler.

What say ye, brethren and sisters??