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Eric Gagne's perfect season: since late August 2002, right-handed relief specialist has recorded 63 consecutive saves and last season, the Dodgers' closer converted all 55 of his save opportunities.(Los Angeles Dodgers)(Cover Story)
ERIC GAGNE DOESN'T FEEL PERFECT. He hung a few up. He overthrew a few fastballs. He can remember a curveball or two that slipped from his hand.
"If you don't give up any runs, any hits, any walks, any base runners at all, and if you throw every pitch exactly where you want to throw it--that's when you're perfect," Gagne said. "I didn't blow a save, that's true. But that doesn't make me perfect."
Gagne also could have mentioned his blown save in the All-Star game that cost the National League homefield advantage in the World Series, but why haggle over semantics?
It's the numbers that matter, and they show Gagne had arguably the greatest season ...
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