Relentless

[Guest Edgy DC]

None of this "Get a lead, see if we can hold it" routine.

Get a lead, and pour it on. Relentlessly. Chase that starting pitcher because you hate his ugly face. That's a playoff team. That's a championship team.

I don't want to whine about no bullpens. The bullpen is what it is. Make bullpen-proof leads.

[MFS62]

Amen to that!
But IIRC the last time someone posted something similar - that they wanted to have a lineup full of "killers" (I paraphrase - it was maybe last year) they were accused of wanting to have a team too much like the MFYs.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't want killers. I want the players we already have to score more, harder, faster.

I know that they can; I ask that they do.

[Willets Point]

Maybe you should write them a polite note.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Brilliant.

[G-Fafif]

We do seem to run a lot. Not always brilliantly, as another thread has noted.

We miss Delgado.

[Valadius]

Greg, I think you hit it right on the head.

[Guest Edgy DC]

They were supposed to be relentless tonight.

They relented.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

They take innings off is their problem.

Well, one of many.

I agree the bullpen is the last line of defense. A lineup that's consistent and plays smart, guys who catch the ball, and pitchers who don't walk too many are the foundations.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, but it would be nice if a relief pitcher would put up a zero a little more often.

When Mota, Sosa, or Schoeneweis come into a game, you can be almost certain that they'll give up at least one run.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Today. Relentless. What I'm talking about.

[Guest holychicken]

Edgy DC wrote: That's a playoff team. That's a championship team.

Uh oh, edgy thinks he's a sports writer.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, shee, we all are.