"Hoover" <Hoover@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:52:06 -0700 (PDT), Padredog
> <padredog69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>...and so does every reliever, no matter how great they are. The
>>Padres have had relievers like Craig Lefferts,Rollie Fingers, Gary
>>Lucas, Goose Gossage, Mark Davis, and Trevor Hoffman. They could have
>>their best stuff on a given night, with the game on the line, and the
>>guy at the plate could be that late inning pinch hit specialist, who
>>gets paid to get that clutch hit off our best guy. Has Trevor lost
>>something off his stuff. I dunno. Will he scare the crap outta me with
>>the game on line in the 9th. Hell yes. That is the way this game is.
>>It will always be that way. Here's to Trevor Hoffman, and all his
>>years in a Padre uniform.
>
> Bonus points for the Gary Lucas reference. Nobody dug in too deep
> in the batter's box with that wild man on the Hill.
>
> As for closers... Yes, they are supposed to be scary. We just need
> to remind ourselves that this is the guy S****ts Illustrated put on
> their cover with the memorable headline:
>
> "The Best Closer Ever. Period."
>
>
> Nuff said !
>
>
> Hoover
Closers are "scary" because when they're in the game, it's often a
critical
game situation. Not all the saves are easy 3-run lead cakewalks. That 1-0
win the other night was scary because there was little margin for error,
and
even the best pitchers make a mistake occasionally.
That's what makes Hoffy's career all the more impressive... to be as good
at
it as he's been over such a long stretch of years. That's rare.
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