I was watching a Rangers game recently and heard an interview with Orel Hershiser. He was asked about the rotation, and talked about Chan Ho Park as being contractually in the rotation. The announcer followed up, and Orel basically said that based on ability, Park should not be a starter.

This article from today's Dallas Morning News is along the same lines. Park pitched better yesterday, partly because he's stopped being stubborn about using a two-seam fastball:

The Rangers believe a confident Park can still be an asset to the rotation, but what they've had is three years of stubborn resistance to the two-seamer, perhaps because Park believed he could still retire hitters with the elevated fastball. But in his first start of the spring, the fastball was up, and he gave up five hits and three runs in two innings.

There was a marked difference in the type of fastball he threw Wednesday. When he finally started relying on the two-seamer, he found he could command it. He ended his day by getting Hollandsworth to ground to short.

He called it the best two-seamer he's thrown.

Maybe the Rangers' new blunt-truth approach is getting through.

This appears to be Park's last chance. Either he turns things around or he's out of baseball. And once again, Park's situation demonstrates how important it is to constantly adjust in this game.

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