It's official: Gagné no longer closer

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It's official: Gagné no longer closer
Right Field Bleachers found this 5/12/2008 on www.jsonline.com [flag]
Yost makes move after reliever's comments By ANTHONY WITRADO awitrado@journalsentinel.com Posted: May 11, 2008 Ned Yost made official Sunday what Eric Gagné had made a foregone conclusion Saturday. Gagné is no longer the Milwaukee Brewers' closer. Yost, the team's manager, didn't make the decision despite three blown saves in Gagné's last six chances and another ninth-inning debacle Saturday, ... [link]

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In the News (5/11)
Published 5/12/2008 by Jared (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
... - Gagne was removed from the closer's role, saying he no longer deserved the role. He definitely needs a break, but I still don't think he looks that bad out there. He needs to throw more strikes for sure. More HERE and HERE. Yost sums it up well, I think: ...

Baseball Today: Monday, May 12
Published 5/12/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... and, once things are settled, allowed to move on (Chicago Tribune) . . . Since the Brewers seemed incapable of recognizing what was staring them in the face, Eric Gagne took it upon himself to step down from the closer's role (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) . . . Brian Shouse is a member of the committee that will replace Gagne ...

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