LaRussa needs a reality check

[gwilks98]

I'm so sick of seeing him in press conferences blaming bullpen losses on lack of offense. Here goes another game. Franklin, who's an overall good setup man, is a terrible closer and gives up too many HRs when the game is tight.

I'd be knocking around the pitching staff (including almighty Dave Duncan) for their inability to turn this problem around.

Blame the starters for not going deep enough. Blame Izzy for not getting his head straight. But how dare anyone blame the offense when the bullpen has the most blown saves in the NL, and can't ever hold a 1 run lead for longer than 2 or 3 innings.

Agh!

[VTGreg]

I'm so sick of seeing him in press conferences blaming bullpen losses on lack of offense. Here goes another game. Franklin, who's an overall good setup man, is a terrible closer and gives up too many HRs when the game is tight.

I'd be knocking around the pitching staff (including almighty Dave Duncan) for their inability to turn this problem around.

Blame the starters for not going deep enough. Blame Izzy for not getting his head straight. But how dare anyone blame the offense when the bullpen has the most blown saves in the NL, and can't ever hold a 1 run lead for longer than 2 or 3 innings.

Agh!

I think the ship has sailed on blaming the bullpen. Izzy completely fell apart and left the bullpen in a lurch. The entire team knows the bullpen is not a strong suit so they need to put up more offense and have better starting pitching to cover up the weakness.

They just need a bit more wiggle room at the end of each game to ensure victory.

[attgig]

he knows how to protect his players. it's not his fault he has a horrible pen. yell at the GM for that...