Cut the BS!

Besides the Phillies' 11-0 win this past sunday, every baseball game I can remember watching in October has been close, including the AL Central tiebreaker. And other than that 11-0 victory, I believe there has been a blown save in every single game as well.

Franklin blew a save for the Cardinals, aided by a Matt Holliday drop (seen below).

"Do I has it?"

Street blew a save for the Rockies, because Ryan Howard is raking and Jim Tracy is a dunce. Ol' Reliable, Joe Nathan, also struggled vs. the Yankees and barely escaped a jam in the tiebreaker game. Papelbon choked up a two-run lead for the Sox at Fenway to be swept by the Angels. We all saw Broxton heat up the dead center of the plate last night facing Jimmy Rollins (on a related note, how shallow were Kemp and Ethier playing in the outfield? You CANNOT let that ball get to the wall in that situation) and got walked-off on.

And Fuentes blew a save for LA(ofA) when A-Rod knocked his weak 0-2 fastball to the homerun suction section to right in the Bronx.

We do not expect Mariano Rivera to choke because it has been his job since 1970 and he never blows saves in October.

That was in November, smart ass.

The only guy keeping it together in the postseason has been Blidge. He seems to have reinvented himself after his poor performance during the regular season. He is 3-3 in save opportunities, and got the W yesterday when he struck out two after coming in with an inherited runner on base in the top of the ninth.

All of these blown saves brings up the question: Are the pitchers losing it, or are the hitters winning it? I believe the hitters are winning it.

As much as I joke, Rollins turned around a 99mph fastball yesterday. Any 99mph heat is going to be hard to make good contact with, even if it is right down the middle. I have watched Pirates baseball all year, but I have never seen so much clutch hitting late in games, in any previous postseason. These pitchers are making some pretty quality pitches, and the hitters are just returning them to open space.

Randy Wolf had only given up one homerun all season to lefties, and Ryan Howard hit number two last night. I am sure Wolf has made mistake pitches to lefties more than once in the regular season and had only allowed one homerun, but this time Howard made him pay for it.

This has been a postseason of mistakes on the defensive side of the ball, and the team with the bats has been taking advantage.

Yanks vs. Phils, DO IT.