Gagne admits he doesn't deserve closer's role

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Published 5 days ago by Al (noreply@blogger.com) at Al's Ramblings
Saturday, May 10, 2008 (5/10/2008 07:42:00 PM) - Al Remember when I said I've never seen a closer ask out of being the closer? Now, this makes twice in 24 hours . As most readers know, I'm not a big believer in any sort of magical formula to get 3 outs in the 9th as opposed to the 7th or 8th. I'd probably go with Sal Torres myself, but you could almost make an argument for darn near anyone in the bullpen, or to just "go with the hot hand", or "by situation", which almost always means they are moving the set-up guy to closer (see Ryan Franklin)...but not announcing it. ...

Eric Gagne Does What Ned Yost Couldn't
Published 4 days ago by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
... 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 of old, but Brewers manager Ned Yost seems to be the only one not paying attention. Four or five blown saves later, and Yost still won't take the man out of the ninth inning spot. So guess what? Eric Gagne did it himself: "I don't sit here and make decisions five minutes after a tough loss," ...

Ned Yost Springs into Action!
Published 4 days ago by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
... last winter, and has since managed to blow five games in 14 chances, including three of his last six. As expected this weekend, the struggling righty was yanked from the closer's spot after his comments in Saturday's edition of Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. ...