Closers are the field goal kickers of baseball.
This is a long time ago, but my big bro was playing for U of AZ fb during Desert Swarm era. They went to Miami to play Canes as a big dog and lost with kicker missing a couple of chip shots. Whole plane ride back to Tucson the D took him to back of plane and stomped him. Coach Tomey let it happen.
haha that's an awesome story!