Bullpens can be like offensive linemen.
They can go unnoticed and even unacknowledged when they do their jobs well. It becomes the norm, what they are paid to do.
But let them falter, let them give up a sack or a home run in a crucial moment, and suddenly the sports world knows their names and their play is dissected like a cold laboratory toad.
Lately the Milwaukee Brewers relievers have been the offensive tackle with two bad knees. They've blown one-run leads la...
Mike Burns is tagged out at second after trying to stretch an RBI single into a double in the fourth inning.
Attribution: Mark Hoffman
Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI