With a $3.8 million offer from the Pittsburgh Pirates on the table last summer, Stanford righthander Mark Appel gathered facts much in the same way his father has analyzed matters as senior counsel for Chevron in the last decade. “At Chevron, we call it ‘decision quality,’ making sure that you have all of the relevant facts and info available to you in order to make an informed decision,” said Mark’s father, Pat, a 1978 graduate of Lamar High School. “It was Mark’s decision to make, and I would have supported Mark for whatever decision he chose 100 percent, whether that was to sign with the Pirates or going back to [.]