Great pitching will do that to a team-it shuts down their offense. This is the model our FO needs to adopt-recognizing, securing, and adopting top flight pitching. Until they do that we will get this kind of team-mediocrity defined, or worse, and no playoffs. Our pitching has stunk for three years running now, and if we miss the playoffs again, that will again be the reason. When the other guys shut down our offense we need our pitchers to be able to do the same thing to them, and right now, they can't. They are not talented enough.