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The Cubs bullpen’s flaws — are they fatal?

I used to be very good at playing Stratego against my brother. The board game with a spy/military slant gave each player a specific number of military units. They were positioned around the board in a modified chess/checkers arrangement. As the pieces were fighting over the same square, one of the attacker and defender would be removed from the board. The goal was to capture the opposition’s flag. My strategy was to clutter much of the front of the board with “lower priority” pieces, hiding a few of my better pieces there, as well. I would rarely show my good pieces until I had an advantage.