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05.16.2008
5/15/08: Barf
Astros 8, Giants 7: It's not the come-from-ahead loss that bothers me so much; every team suffers a few gut-shots like this over the course of a season. It's the worry that the Tyler Walker honeymoon has ended, the carriage has turned into a pumpkin, etc. And that Merkin Valdez's elbow tweak is something more ominous, which means the lovely bullpen vibes we were feeling for a while are going to turn into another chapter in the ongoing novel "Apres Nen, Le Deluge." Add your own diacritical marks, I'm going to bed.
Are you worried about the bullpen? Me too. Discuss.
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I like Walker as much as the next guy (local kid, plays hard, probably a great guy) but I think he's always been overrated by Giants fans. He's never been much more than a middle reliever out of the bullpen.
Career ERA in the mid-4's. I would not use him in high leverage situations (which he wasn't yesterday until he blew up) and I'd rather see someone else work the 8th. I'm not sure who I'd pick. I really like Romo right now in the minors. Maybe Hinshaw?