MLB: Cardinals Get Swept and Now Sit Four Games Behind Cubs

If you're a St. Louis Cardinals fan you have to be sick at what is going on in the bullpen these days.  With an opportunity to gain ground on the Chicago Cubs, the Cards instead get swept by the visiting Milwaukee Brewers and fall four games back. St. Louis has gone into the later innings with the lead more times than any other team in baseball and has now blown 24 save opportunities, clearly the highest number in the league. For the front office it's clear, fail to make a bullpen addition or two and fail to make the playoffs. It looks as though the relievers are making good pitches but just seem to get hit pretty hard when it matters.  Jason Isringhausen is just a scary option and Ryan Franklin has given up a lot of hits and has an ERA close to four. The other problem facing the Cards is who to trade to bring in the coveted relief? Chris Duncan is on the DL, Adam Kennedy has an inflated salary for a terrible player and Anthony Reyes has just been a shell of his ... (link)