That's the most stupid thing I've ever heard, are you serious?!
I don't know if it's on purpose but they clearly aren't hitting as well as they were earlier in the season. I thought this was going to happen much sooner than it actually did. The offense was tired of scoring 10+ runs every night only to lose every freaking game. There's only so much that a person can take.
The injuries really hurt us too. We badly miss those guys.