blogs.jsonline.com — 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 with a defeat that never should have happened.
"You guys know me. I take a long time to analyze things. I give everybody the benefit of ...
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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
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!
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. ...
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1,082 Sheets to the Wind
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Series Preview: Cardinals (22-14) @ Brewers (16-18)
mvn.com 5/10/2008 — The Brewers host the Cards for four games at Miller Park, sitting 4 back of first-place St. Louis in the loss column. The Brewers are 2-3 vs. the Cards heading into their third series vs. the Redbirds and the second at Miller Park.
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The Brewers host the Cards for four games at Miller Park, sitting 4 back of first-place St. Louis in the loss column. The Brewers are 2-3 vs. the Cards heading into their third series vs. the Redbirds and the second at Miller Park.
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Sheets is Sheets and Gagne is well…not the Gagne of old
mvn.com 5/11/2008 — The Brewers lost to the Cardinals on Saturday, 5-3. Although Eric Gagne didn’t blow another save, he did take the loss, his second of the season, after allowing the Cardinals to load the bases and score two in the top of the ninth. Gagne walked one and gave up three hits in his only inning of work.
The Brewers lost to the Cardinals on Saturday, 5-3. Although Eric Gagne didn’t blow another save, he did take the loss, his second of the season, after allowing the Cardinals to load the bases and score two in the top of the ninth. Gagne walked one and gave up three hits in his only inning of work.
The save speculator: Milwaukee Brewers revisited
www.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 ...
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 ...
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.
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