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scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

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But only one runner was his (a walk to Chipper). He's a set-up guy now, not a closer. He looked great.

I think this is the best part of the trade for GS. He was great as a closer for us, but as a setup guy I think he can do even better. He doesn't have to be THE MAN, just one of the men. LA is going to LOVE Flat Breezy.

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Struck out the side against the Braves.

He is going to be NASTY in the NL and in that joke of a division. He deserves to be on a great team so while its sad to see him go its great to know he is going to the playoffs, he has paid his dues and the Dodgers automatically become my favorite NL team.

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Struck out the side against the Braves.

He is going to be NASTY in the NL and in that joke of a division. He deserves to be on a great team so while its sad to see him go its great to know he is going to the playoffs, he has paid his dues and the Dodgers automatically become my favorite NL team.

They had the bases loaded to.

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Struck out the side against the Braves.

He is going to be NASTY in the NL and in that joke of a division. He deserves to be on a great team so while its sad to see him go its great to know he is going to the playoffs, he has paid his dues and the Dodgers automatically become my favorite NL team.

I hope this doesn't get moved to the MLB forum before enough people like myself get to see this.

I agree, he's going to be nasty over there. Sherrill can be a solid to above-average closer, but as a left handed specialist/setup guy he can be among the elite in the class.

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I hope this doesn't get moved to the MLB forum before enough people like myself get to see this.

I agree, he's going to be nasty over there. Sherrill can be a solid to above-average closer, but as a left handed specialist/setup guy he can be among the elite in the class.

Agree 100%. You're last statement is the exact reason why we had to deal him, as well as why for our purpose we won that trade.

As the innings mount on Sherrill -- he becomes less and less effective. As a lefty specialist, he's truly elite. Teams that are in 5th place in the midst of a rebuilding plan don't need lefty specialists. Getting closer value for them is just icing on the cake.

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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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Struck out the side against the Braves.

He is going to be NASTY in the NL and in that joke of a division. He deserves to be on a great team so while its sad to see him go its great to know he is going to the playoffs, he has paid his dues and the Dodgers automatically become my favorite NL team.

Yes, lots of folks did, they talked about it in this thread last night:

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85785

Also he did not strike out the side, he gave up a walk.

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I hope this doesn't get moved to the MLB forum before enough people like myself get to see this.

I agree, he's going to be nasty over there. Sherrill can be a solid to above-average closer, but as a left handed specialist/setup guy he can be among the elite in the class.

Why don't you go to the MLB forum?

Yes, lots of folks did, they talked about it in this thread last night:

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85785

Also he did not strike out the side, he gave up a walk.

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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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Striking out three outs worth of batters constitutes striking out the side, because it is called the side to describe the side of an inning.

Actually it can mean both, I was hoping Dickson had a definitive answer on this one but he doesn't in the book I have.

I take it as three up, three down, seems silly to me to have a half inning where the pitcher walked a guy, hit a guy and gave up a three run homer while "striking out the side".

The OP was evidently not incorrect to use the term in the matter they did, even though it was misleading.

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Why don't you go to the MLB forum?

And out come the OH sherpas..

I didn't look for this in the MLB forum because... I wasn't looking for this.

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As a reminder, board rules state that you aren't supposed ot question board moderation.

Thank you

If this is directed at me... Is he a moderator? There's no indication under his user name that he is.

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