With one out in the 7th inning, runner on first, down by 7 runs.  Do you hold the runner?

That was the situation on Wednesday night and Torre chose not to hold Dellucci.  The ESPN crew, mainly Hershiser, was talking about unwritten rules of baseball and the etiquette of the situation.  Dellucci stayed at first and in the end it didn't make much difference.  But in today's game where runs can really be scored in bunches a 7 run comeback in the 7th doesn't seem impossible (especially if you can chip one more run of the lead with a free base and a bloop single).

So I ask, whose decision is it not to take the conceded base?  And whether it was Dellucci's or Wedge's decision, isn't the Tribe conceding the game by not taking advantage of the gift?  Either way, I believe this is a lack of leadership from either our veteran and/or our manager.  The message is clear; we've lost, so we're not going to try.  This is never a message that should be conveyed in baseball where time can never run out.

Does it concern anyone else that Wedge is allowing this loser's mentality to exist?  At the very least he could make an example out of Dellucci to the rest of the guys that it will not be tolerated.