The save speculator: Milwaukee Brewers revisited

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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 ... [link]

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  • Derek Carty Derek Carty
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    Made a couple of small changes.  I didn't realize that Gagne actually entered with the score tied, so technically it wasn't a blown save.  It was a loss, but it was in the ninth inning and cost the team the game, and the post-game quotes still lead me to the same conclusion.
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