The second half of this season really is a flashback to the late 90's Mariners in the Kingdome. There a lineup filled to the brim with power spent years vainly trying to build a lead the bullpen could not squander. This year's team has found its offensive pace since the All-Star Break but the bullpen has completely fallen apart. You know this, and I am sorry for being obvious.The top of the 8th began with the White Sox clinging to a 4-3 lead but with Felix pulled after 6 and Danny Farquhar already spent Lloyd McClendon had no choice but to go back to his bullpen. So he went to Fernando Rodney , the season's cover boy for failure. Rodney was bad, giving up a walk and two hits without retiring a batter but I still have a hard time lamenting him to the extent the narrative demands. At this point where does Lloyd McClendon go? Charlie Furbush is hurt, Mark Lowe is traded. There are no pitchers in the bullpen to be trusted. After Rodney proved ineffective McClendon went to Rob Rassmussen who promptly walked the first two batters he faced, which allowed a run to score.In the 9th, tired of that crap McClendon called in Dave Rollins, who was also bad. Lloyd has not managed the bullpen particularly well this year, that is not a controversial opinion. But at this stage? Every tire is afire. Tom Wilhelmsen Carson Smith and, I guess for the last week, Farquhar have been the only relievers who look even remotely worthy of major league innings at this point.Many viewed 2014's bullpen success as an aberration and it's obvious now that it was. However I don't see any way you could view a collapse of this magnitude from so many. This is simply a failure at a level that is redundancy proof. It's difficult to watch every night and I've started to feel kind of bad for all of them involved, particularly the first year guys who probably have no business being there in the first place. What a tough year