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Opinion: Playoff teams and bullpens

by Ted Berg on October 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

I realize it’s tough to watch a Met-free October, but I noticed a common thread among the remaining playoff teams and wrote a column about it on SNY.tv. The jist:

Of the four remaining playoff teams, not a single one hands the ball to a big-name free-agent acquisition with the game on the line. …

To put together a bullpen, a team needs an open mind and a short memory, not necessarily a fat wallet. The 2008 playoff teams have taken chances on scrap-heap acquisitions, converted young starters into relievers and made shrewd, buy-low trades.

For more on that and what it means to the Mets, go to SNY.tv.