Thanks to the whims of our road-trip schedule combined with the storm that ravaged the South earlier this week, I have seen the last three Birmingham Barons games. In all three games, the Barons took the lead early, squandered it when their starting pitcher started to tire in middle innings, and fell behind for good in their opponent’s final at-bat. Check it out.

Smart money says I won’t see any other Birmingham Barons games this season, so thanks to the caprices of small samples, I will conclude that the Barons’ bullpen is a big bunch of choking chokers who ruin everything for their offense and starters in every single game.

Not the type of stuff that will make Barons alumni like Razor Shines, Robin Ventura or Michael Jordan proud.