Bill James
3 July 2008
rsquo;s team scores another run in the eighth or ninth inning, putting that elusive S out of reach. Bill James and other sabermetricians argue against the closer’s sudden importance for this and other reasons: sometimes, a game is decided in the sixth or seventh inning, but no self-respecting manager today would “waste” his closer to “save” the game at that point—and the saves stat wouldn’t recognize it if he did.
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1 July 2008
Note: All statistics are through Monday's (6/30) games
All season, people can debate about how the Mariners should have been a better team. I, personally, hate speculating when something can be proved. Because I am such a geek, I know the sabermetrics that can determine if this season is a fluke, or was bound to happen.
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