Really Ned? Now I'm not in the clubhouse and don't see the things you see but I've watched every game this year and the past month has been excruciating. How can you be pleased with the way they're playing? Now I agree with him that pitching is giving up a lot of runs but how many of those breakout innings could have been avoided by better bullpen management, or pulling a starter before he imploded? And if you're going to semi call out the pitching you damn well better do the same for the hitters because they've been brutal during this stretch as well. Ned, this has been going on for a month. It isn't a "little streak" anymore. And while they may be that good they certainly haven't shown it. Yes Ned it's a whole year but stretches like this can cause teams to go into a tailspin that they don't come out of. It's good to focus on today but 9-19 now of the past 28 games is horrid and it could end up costing us a playoff berth. Now didn't Jim Leyland go off on his team in the media early last year when they were struggling? After that they took off and made the playoffs for the first time in what 19 years? I wish Ned would do that just once instead of feeding everybody the "we're not panicking, everything is okay we'll turn it around" line that I've become so familiar with.