Mets’ Failure Is a Team Effort
By Howard Megdal ~ September 17th, 2008. Filed under: Digest Contributors, Howard Megdal.
The great parlor game of New York’s 2008 season has been seeing whether a team can overcome criminally negligent pitching out of the bullpen and win a division title. But as the Mets showed Tuesday night in a 1-0 loss, and over their last five games, a bullpen may be overcome—a bullpen and offensive drought cannot. With Philadelphia’s 8-7 win over Atlanta, the Phillies took over first place by ½ game with 12 to play.
Make no mistake, New York’s bullpen is as terrible as ever. New York lost games to Atlanta on Saturday and Sunday despite entering the late innings with leads
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