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Jagwar Hangout Grand Counsel

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And Jim Leyland actually knows how to manage a bullpen...hmm...he has his guy now out there right in the exactly right position to put his team in place to win in the bottom of the tenth....I guess it is just luck that it turns out that way...

Ummm... he is the closer. He is pitching in a tie game at home because he won't be able to come in with a lead in extra innings.

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Ummm... he is the closer. He is pitching in a tie game at home because he won't be able to come in with a lead in extra innings.

Yes, unlike our closer who somehow ended up in the game in the eighth inning on the road and who couldn't get a five out save.....doubt Leyland would have made the same call...

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Yes, unlike our closer who somehow ended up in the game in the eighth inning on the road and who couldn't get a five out save.....doubt Leyland would have made the same call...

The problem isn't that our closer was trying to get a five out save. The problem is that our closer is Alfredo Simon.

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Yes, unlike our closer who somehow ended up in the game in the eighth inning on the road and who couldn't get a five out save.....doubt Leyland would have made the same call...

Log off now. This won't end well.

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The problem isn't that our closer was trying to get a five out save. The problem is that our closer is Alfredo Simon.

Exactly. I'd feel a hell of a lot differently if we had Valverde coming in for 5 outs vs. Simon coming in for 5 outs.

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