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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1822001, member: 289"] The concept of a closer is that the guy is so overpowering that he can't be hit and he prevents anything from starting up. In the old days, your ace reliever was both a fireman and a closer, coming in when you were in trouble in the 7th or 8th inning, getting you out of trouble and finishing the game. After years of John Franco, Armando Benitez and now Jeurys Familia, I'm convinced that our closers actually [I]prefer [/I]to pitch with men on base and put a couple of guys on to make it interesting and so they can bare down. I'd love to have a closer who just the dam door and we can all go home. [/QUOTE]