I don’t know what else to say, really. The D-Backs just finished ripping the heart of the Cardinals yet again, ruining Lohse’s six-shutout-inning effort by scoring four runs against the bullpen: two in the seventh and another two in the ninth.
You know how everyone used to say about the ‘96-’00 Yankees that they “shortened the game”? That the bullpen was so consistent that they won something like 95% of games in which they had the lead after the sixth inning? Yeah. Those were good times. Good times. For Yankees fans.
I’d like to write something really thoughtful about the Cardinals’ bullpen travails, with exhaustive research and probing analysis, perhaps leading to an insightful conclusion about how to rectify the situation, but y’know what? I just can’t. Not right now. I’m too worn out, too emotionally spent. Too hoarse from cursing at the screen.