The Running of the bullpen, part 2

Only the most cynical fans root against players from their own team. But our tendency to hope for bad things to happen to Brian Bruney has nothing to with spite, and everything to our desire to see the Yankees succeed.

We believe that good performances by Bruney and co. masks over the impending implosion of the team's middle relief. And it is our opinion that it this implosion should happen sooner rather than later. So forgive us for putting on a dark spin on last night's game, but every strikeout, save and clean inning can only serve to strengthen the grip of the team's woeful middle relief on the middle innings -- and lead ultimately to greater disaster when the games count more.