April 02, 2003
Park Pounded
Sean Horgan of the Dallas Morning news spells out the problem that is Chan Ho Park:
So now what do the Rangers do for Chan Ho Park? Petition to have all their games played in Korea? Have a night-light installed on the mound for those games Park pitches?
The Rangers have to be running out of ideas for ways to get Park back into his comfort zone, or maybe that comfort zone no longer exists – and there's a less-than-comforting notion to the Rangers less than two years into Park's five-year, $65 million contract.
Whatever the Rangers plan to do, they'd better hurry. Forget Park's psyche; the team's psyche might not withstand many more starts like Tuesday night.
People complain about A-Rod's contract, but at least he's more than lived up to his end of the bargain. But $13 million a year for Park is money down the drain. And the Rangers should have seen it coming. Park is a Dodger Stadium pitcher. In his eight year there, he had a 2.98 ERA at home, 4.74 on the road. With Texas, he has a 6.84 ERA at home, 5.21 on the road. If this keeps up, Park will join Damion Easley in the
no work and pay category.
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