Blaming Narron For Lack Of Pitching

Can you blame Jerry Narron for the Cincinnati Reds 2007 woes? Apparently so, as he's just been fired.

I don't think the Reds' owning Major League Baseball's worst record, though, is Narron's fault. The Reds' bullpen is, well, bad. Horrid, actually. There's no other way to put it.

What are the Reds? Aren't they something like -87 for the 8th inning? In other words, opposing teams have scored 87 more runs in the eighth inning than have the Reds this year.

You're not going to win baseball games with that type of ratio. And, the cause is simple. The Reds have failed to develop and/or recruit quality middle and late inning pitchers. That must change, or the Reds will continue to languish at the bottom of the division regardless who heads the helm.