Lidge allowing doubt to creep into 9th inning

Recovery can be slow and painful once uncertainty infects a bullpen. Relief pitching is the most mental part of baseball. Once doubt sets in, a nasty development occurring right now with your defending champs, it can attack the entire unit. Just ask the New York Mets. It isn’t necessarily a lack of heart that sank their ship the last two seasons. Much of their struggles can be blamed on doubt, especially in the case of the bullpen-challenged 2008 squad. How...