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You know what's interesting about the Mets?
Their bullpen ERA in September is in the same range it has been all season (and is actually ~.6 runs better then August), yet the starters ERA has gone from 3.24 and 3.27 in July and August to 4.64.
I count nine bad starts (non-"quality") in September between Pedro, Pelfry, Perez, and Niese. The bullpen only blew one of Santana's games in September (that's something I've heard in a couple places: that they have blown several of his starts late), and you have to go back to the beginning of August for any more.
Their bullpen didn't pitch well in September, but they also didn't pitch any worse then they did the rest of the season. The starters collapsed, except for Santana, just like in 2007.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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