Baseball’s post-season is also cliché season. The team that wants it more will win! This losing team can’t deliver in the clutch! This winning team played small ball! Good pitching beats good hitting! When you think about how much random noise there is in any single baseball game, then multiply it by three to five games, it’s a wonder any of these clichés ever became common. Still, sometimes there’s a nugget of wisdom in them. Bullpens haven’t been quite been the regular season differentiator you might think (you have to have a good bullpen to win in October!, sayeth the cliché), but the bullpen was such a signficant strength for the Cardinals in the regular season.
Bullpens May Define the Cardinals-Braves Series
