It's not the offense's job to get a lead. Nor is it a bullpen's job to keep a lead. That is a team effort that plays out during every frame of every inning. An offense's job is to score runs. And they scored 2 runs over 2 games. The average is nearly 5 runs per game. So they failed miserably. As did the bullpen.

I honestly believe what guys like Resop (and I felt empathetic when I watched Girardi call on Aguila with two outs in the ninth to face Wagner after his sitting for two weeks, coming off a torrid ending to his AAA campaign) need work. Lots of work.

 

Instead of waiting for the worst or toughest opportunities, gives these more work more often. Maybe a batter, a couple ofnights in a row, but use them, don't let them wilt away on the bench and say "OMG he failed".

 

But again this, like the night before's loss belong on the offense.

 

 

 

Let's see: 1) Marlins lead

2) Bullpen coughs up lead

3) Marlins 2003 says: "I blame it on the offense."

 

Have you lost your mind? The offense's job is to get a lead. They did. The bullpen's job is to hold the lead. They didn't. You obviously know nothing about the game.

 

And "give these guys work more often?" Are you nuts? We don't have any depth, because our payroll is $20 million less than the next cheapest team, the Devil Rays. If he "gave them more work" people like you would complain about why he was playing such bums and sitting the few decent players we have. But you are too ignorant to see that. To you, every loss has to be the fault of someone on the field, when in reality the Marlins pitifully low payroll makes it impossible to reach the playoffs because the lack of depth limits the options available to the manager and his coaches.

A few things have become remarkably clear from your posts over the last few weeks.

 

First, you'll never let the facts get in the way of you making your point, regardless of how paranoid or uninformed it is. I do give you style points, you're an excellent wordsmith.

 

Second, name calling has become your forte. Anyone who has the temerity to disagree with you or have an alternative point of view is quickly dismissed as a fool, stupid or having no knowledge of the game.

 

Lastly, you're a broken record, reapplying the same mantra in every instance. When Josh Willingham misplays two balls in an inning, the fault is the payroll. When Hanley drops an easy throw from Uggla that would have ended an inning, or the Marlins give the Mets and Braves five outs in an inning, the fallguy is anywhere but on the field, playing the game. When the Marlins score two runs in two days against the NL East champs, it's not the players, it's the payroll, or alternatively Loria pulling (or in this case not pulling) the strings to destroy the team by not trading for phantom players in make believe trades that according to Admin Beinfest (another co-conspirator) never materialized because the two parties couldn't match up.

 

But of course, you know better. And even more amazing is that not only do you know that Loria personally scuttled these "trades", you know how the players we could have acquired would have performed.

 

I suppose Miguel Cabrera going hitless last night and 1-7 in the series is Loria's fault too, even though the guy hitting behind him is batting .333 for the series and .343 over the last ten games.

 

One day soon you'll learn the difference between opinion and fact and the place to use each. Then, I'll enjoy reading your posts even more.

Our bullpen gives up AS MANY runs as possible.

 

 

 

:lol

Would have been nice to have Kensing and Martinez healthy throughout the season.

Herald

 

''It's frustrating, I'm not going to lie,'' said starting pitcher Scott Olsen, who saw his efforts go to waste for his second consecutive outing. ``I'm not the only one it's happening to. It's happened to a lot of guys this year.''

 

He's got that right.

 

No team in the majors has blown as many leads from the seventh inning on as the Marlins have. The latest example made it 33, two more than the Atlanta Braves.

 

This could be discussed forever but I think the bottom line is they haven't scored enough runs and the bullpen has given up too many runs.

Herald

 

''It's frustrating, I'm not going to lie,'' said starting pitcher Scott Olsen, who saw his efforts go to waste for his second consecutive outing. ``I'm not the only one it's happening to. It's happened to a lot of guys this year.''

 

He's got that right.

 

No team in the majors has blown as many leads from the seventh inning on as the Marlins have. The latest example made it 33, two more than the Atlanta Braves.

 

This could be discussed forever but I think the bottom line is they haven't scored enough runs and the bullpen has given up too many runs.

 

I agree, but not every time we are going to have a 4 run lead. If we have the lead in the 8th inning it doesnt matter if its 1-0 or 7-6 we need to win. Oh and also, how many times have the SP pitch 6 solid innings and leave with a 4 run lead and the bullpen blows it the next inning? Too many to count.