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Loss leads reliever to beg off job By TOM HAUDRICOURT thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com Posted: May 10, 2008 Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost wasn't ready to announce early Saturday evening that he would be removing Eric Gagné from the role of closer. "I don't sit here and make decisions five minutes after a tough loss," Yost said after watching Gagné saddle the Brewers with a defeat that ...
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Gagne: I don’t deserve ninth inning
The Transaction Guy —
Yet another poor outing for Brewers closer Eric Gagne, except this time it didn’t come in the form of a blown save.
Instead, it was him not keeping the game tied today against the Cardinals, giving up a two-run single to Ryan Ludwick in the ninth to eventually lose the game.
Afterwards, he had some pretty strong, emotional words chronicled by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
”I don’t deserve that ninth inning right now. It’s very simple. It’s embarrassing.”
Wow, I guess ...
On Deck: Does Anybody Want to Be a Closer?
FanHouse —
... blowing yet another save, which was Gagne's ... oh I've lost count this season, how many blown saves is that? Gotta be between 50 and 80. And that led Gagne to muse that maybe he should go the same path as Isringhausen. So can anybody here close today's game? Hey, at least extra innings will be fun. ...
In the News (5/11)
Right Field Bleachers —
... - Nice come-from-behind win Friday (MORE), crummy loss Saturday (MORE), solid win Sunday (MORE). Let's take the game Monday and take a 3-1 series win. ...
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The save speculator: Milwaukee Brewers revisited
hardballtimes.com 5/11/2008 — Saturday, May 10, 2008 The save speculator: Milwaukee Brewers revisited Posted by Derek Carty at 10:20pm At the beginning of the week, we discussed the Brewers' closer situation after Eric Gagne blew his fifth save of the year. Tonight, in his first appearance since then, he blew his sixth in a Brewer loss. Let's first look at some of the post-game quotes to see if we can discern ...
Gagne admits he doesn't deserve closer's role
blogs.jsonline.com 5/11/2008 — Brewers manager Ned Yost wasn't ready to announce today that he would be removing Eric Gagne from the role of closer.
"I don't sit here and make decisions five minutes after a tough loss," Yost said after watching Gagne saddle the Brewers ...
Eric Gagne Does What Ned Yost Couldn't
sports.aol.com 5/11/2008 — Our NL Central man-about-town, Pat Lackey , has long voiced every baseball fan's collective wonder: Just how in the name of everything holy is Eric Gagne still closing baseball games? It's been clear for over a year that the man is not the Eric Gagne ...
Gagne out as closer
blogs.jsonline.com 5/11/2008 — As expected today, Eric Gagne is out of the closer's role after his comments in today's paper saying he didn't deserve the spot any longer.
Gagne said it was a mental issue, and Ned Yost said Gagne would receive a break from the role, leaving the ...
Ryan Ludwick wins it for Cardinals —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 5/11/2008
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run single off Eric Gagne with two outs in the ninth inning, and St. Louis' shaky bullpen held Saturday for a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that snapped the Cardinals' season-long three-game skid.
