* Kansas City Royals @ Philadelphia Phillies Game Thread (4/6) *

[Lex Luthor]

Part of me says that I hate the formula of automatically bringing in the closer in the 9th inning. Would have been nice to send Kelvin Herrera back out for the 9th inning. If you keep changing pitchers when everybody is pitching well, eventually you're going to put in a pitcher who won't. Mendoza, Crow and Herrera all pitched well.

But then I remember the last Royals manager who deviated from the standard closer formula was Trey ****ing Hillman, the idiot who destroyed Gil Meche's arm.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

Part of me says that I hate the formula of automatically bringing in the closer in the 9th inning. Would have been nice to send Kelvin Herrera back out for the 9th inning. If you keep changing pitchers when everybody is pitching well, eventually you're going to put in a pitcher who won't. Mendoza, Crow and Herrera all pitched well.

But then I remember the last Royals manager who deviated from the standard closer formula was Trey ****ing Hillman, the idiot who destroyed Gil Meche's arm.

The sabermetric world agrees with you. The save statistic should be abolished, and we should recognize and reward relief pitchers monetarily for serving in a "fireman" role.

No one is doing that, so you kinda have to go with it. If one day some Royals manager does what no one else in the world wants to do, we can support that decision then. (though I'm sure the ignorant Royals fans who casually follow the team will yell about this new-fangled idea of not having a closer)