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Bob and Jose…

Welcome to Closer Controversy Theatre…

Not his pitch…tried to pull.

Just glad that didn’t turn into a double play…

Trying to use him like Andrew Miller…

And just 1/8th of an inch from a grand slam…

Well, the fans are getting their money’s worth this week.

It used to be Leury that was the designated punching bag. All things considered, it's almost impossible to have expected MORE from Goodwin this season. He was behind Nick Williams on the depth chart...or definitely at least not yet in the plans.

Of course, that makes Hahn look like an idiot for giving Hendriks a historical closer's contract...then having to turn around and correct it the first season.

Chad Bradford/Miguel Olivo (turned out okay, eventually, because of F.Garcia) Trade for Nick Swisher Trade for Samardzija All say hi! Well, the fortunate part of that is Beane is being leaving the sport...I guess.

Kind of like Jake Peavy was a great something (bulldog?)....from his days in SD, but we didn't see it very much with the White Sox.

The Blue Jays and Red Sox also have (or can have) dominating offenses, along with the Astros. Unless you get the A's or the Ray's, good luck.

Another crazy fact from this season is that's three times already we have given the Yankees blown saves....

Yeah, and that's not even mentioning that Tepera has to prove himself in the 7th. No idea what Bummer's role is anymore. Crochet and Kopech are becoming more and more important, but we need one or both of them as starters going forward. Would be better to invest that $30 million for two closers into insurance for the starting rotation.

We were fine when we didn't have high priced guys like Koch, Linebrink, Robertson, Kimbrel and Hendriks. Looks at the history with guys like Thigpen, Hernandez, Foulke, Gordon, Takatsu, Jenks, Hermanson, Sergio Santos, Addison Reed, Colome, etc. Somehow we managed to survive with under the radar types because we always believed it was a waste of resources.

How is that a GOOD thing when we still owe him a bazillion dollars for three more years? That basically forces them to bring back Kimbrel, unless he similarly implodes...

Guess we don't have to apologize to Hahn and the front office after all. Or was that more about just TLR...?

Now we REALLY have a closer issue...this is just getting ridiculous. Might as well re-convert him to starting.

Well, at least no Stanton this inning.

Still would have to take prime Mariano Rivera...

Pretty, pretty good. Larry David voiceover.

Boone quickly learned to use Green and not Britton closing it out...

They're just waiting for Tatis to come back and save the season, perhaps tomorrow. The starting pitching is falling apart, but the Reds haven't played much better this past week so they're still clinging to a 2 1/2 game lead. At some point, Votto will cool down, in theory.

It's "only" 5/$16 but I think the option years add up to $25 million.

How many games have we had guys like Ruiz, Foster, Marshall and Burr in this exact same situation? Tepera, more recently, although he got out of it tonight.