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From posers to closers: as the reliever's status has grown, the days of putting just anyone in the pen are long gone.(management of relief pitchers)
THERE ISN'T ANOTHER JOB IN baseball with a history, reputation, or personality more muddled than that of the relief pitcher.
Relievers are indispensable. "No one can win a World Series," said Troy Percival, star closer of the defending champion Anaheim Angels, "without a good closer. You can't even make the playoffs without a good closer."
Where would New York be without Mariano Rivera, who has been the Yankees' true Mr. October in their most recent string of World Series successes?
"Just check the numbers," said Leo Mazzone, the Atlanta Braves' pitching coach.
Relievers are rejects. "We were going to release Dan Quisenberry in A ...
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