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•There's been a lot of criticism of Ron Washington for the way he handled the bullpen in the bottom...

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•There's been a lot of criticism of Ron Washington for the way he handled the bullpen in the bottom of the eighth. He watched on as a 2-0 nailbiter turned into a 9-0 blowout without ever going to Neftali Feliz, the best reliever of the bunch. Criticism is fair. The degree of criticism that I've seen probably isn't. Most people feel like Washington should've gone to Feliz somewhere around the point at which Derek Holland issued his first walk. At that point, with two on and two out, the Giants' win expectancy was 94.3%. How important would bringing in Feliz have been, really? What was the difference between what Feliz could've been expected to do, and what Holland could've been expected to do? Neftali Feliz probably should've pitched at some point tonight. I do not think that, in the end, it would've mattered. The Giants probably wouldn't have had a seven-run eighth, but they probably still would've won. The difference between Feliz and some of the other guys in the bullpen isn't so great that Washington deserves to be ripped countless new holes.

Jeff Sullivan, from his piece at Lookout Landing discussing last night's game