Something interesting going on this year that the Mariner coaching staff might want to look into - teams are finding ways to score runs with a runner on third and one out. The key apparently is to not be a moron on third base. And all this time we kinda figured it had to do with hitting the ball hard deep into an outfield gap. Nope...non-moronic baserunning is still the key here.
Here's the thing. When Cano failed at something I taught my little Northwest Christian Sports League players to do (you know, the league in which everyone is a winner in Jesus and to prove that we all get a trophy at the end of the season). Lloyd needed to pull rank as manager and boss and ride Felix. (Now, full disclosure here in fairness to Robby: I have to admit that I was allowed to put a dad on the third baseline to kinda enforce the lesson... oh, wait....you say we have a highly paid professional doing the same thing? Nevermind.). Anyway, Lloyd should have walked over to Felix and said, "Felix, my position players are morons, my base coaches are worse than useless, and until someone fires my backside here, you are our only hope. Go out there and pitch the 7th for us. We need to start winning here. Its almost July and we are a mile under .500. We kinda were hoping Cano would carry the team a bit by now, but...it's up to you, big guy. (i.e., "Save my job")."