“The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.” —Bob Lemon
“Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.” —Bob Uecker
We expected the middle relief to be a problem for the Astros. On the other hand, coming into this season, we thought the three high leverage relievers—Bryan Abreu, Ryan Pressly, and Josh Hader—would be among the best in the game. The middle relief hasn’t been great, but maybe not as bad as we expected.