At least you avoided the wildly inaccurate "It's because Mazzone left" excuse that I hear everywhere else. He's doing wonders with that Oriole staff, isn't he? The problem is that they should have used the money they threw at Renteria for a closer (and they did try for Wagner, Hoffman and Wickman) and stuck Betemit at short instead. It is now time to trade Giles and Hudson (what happened to him???), maybe Laroche too, play McCann and Diaz full time, maybe try Chipper at first base and see if Sosa can close games until they can get someone else. And Bobby does have an annoying tendency to stick with the overrated veterans (like Jordan, Keith Lockhart, etc) when he has much better, younger options. I can understand the loyalty, and the value the veterans can bring to playoff games, but I have gotten sick of seeing Jordan or whoever else come up in the inevitable Game 5 elimination game with the Braves down by three in the 7th or 8th with two out and a runner on and weakly pull one to the first baseman on the second pitch.