now, a guy throws 97 mph and they say, "kid you're our closer". they pay him $7 million/year and give him the ball everytime they have a lead in the 9th. the managers don't even think about it...got a 1,2 or 3 run lead in the 9th, just send in our "closer" and count the win. doesn't matter if your closer is smoltz, gagne, koch or mike williams...just send him in.
boys, use your freakin' heads. billy koch is not john smotz. you got smoltz...use him every time, you got koch...you ain't got a closer, you gotta think in the 9th inning.
when i was a kid, the starters pitched until they ran outta gas. then the manager used his head and matched up his reliever against the specific hitters coming up in the 8th and 9th inning (unless they had bruce sutter). i am begging baseball managers to consider common sense as a factor and stop running out these rag-arm "closers" just because that's what everyone else does.
ahhh, i feel better now.
boys, use your freakin' heads. billy koch is not john smotz. you got smoltz...use him every time, you got koch...you ain't got a closer, you gotta think in the 9th inning.
when i was a kid, the starters pitched until they ran outta gas. then the manager used his head and matched up his reliever against the specific hitters coming up in the 8th and 9th inning (unless they had bruce sutter). i am begging baseball managers to consider common sense as a factor and stop running out these rag-arm "closers" just because that's what everyone else does.
ahhh, i feel better now.
