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Let's win this. Go Sox!

If he puts those numbers I won't care whether Crawford comes back or not.

What do you want from your Sales Rep.? What do you expect from him? That he Arrives early to office? Make phone calls? Make visits? I do not care as long he meets his sales quota, PERIOD. That's all you care about him year over year. As long as he does that, you'll be happy with him, trust me. If it takes 100 phone calls/visits or 50 or 1 in order to meet your sales quota, it is what it is. Again, what do you want from your closer? BB/9? K ratio? No!... You want that he ensures you victories. That's it. You do not need to complicate things. Well you can, but you shouldn't. Do not waste your time. Face it, he is a 90% SV% & 3.0 ERA career pitcher over 10 years. No small sample there. It's not about me liking SV%, but it is the line you must look at when you want to hire a closer and put money on the table. If that line tells me that he saves 90% of the situations over 10 years and just put 100% SV%, there's no way he sucks as a closer which btw is what he is paid for. He is making 7 MUS because well, he closes/ saves/shuts down games... In other words, he ensures you victories. Face it, he doesn't suck at what he is paid for. You do not like his peripherals? You dont like his face? Who cares... You do not pay the guy for that. Do not fool yourself.

Decline? For this game? For thus far of the season? Really? BB/9? K rate? Really? You must be kidding me. What is closer's job?. What?. Cherry pick all the stats you want for your convenience. Jeez! he ended up last year with 100% at SV%, the year before? 90%, career? 90%. Yes, 90% at SV%. Decline for a closer? My ass. Stats show me just the opposite. Ohh wait...but you like BB/9, almost forget. He is 34 years old and just put outstanding numbers last year, LIKE IT OR NOT, which BTW is not the first time in his career, hence is not fluke or lucky as you want to put/look like. Sure, he will decline at some point (He is getting older, I expect that to happen; that is not the discussion) but still has good/solid career numbers under his belt and a recent solid one. Those are facts. Again, do not fool yourself. You said he sucks. He doesn't. You said he is lucky. He is not. he only makes the job that he is paid for (7 MUSD, BTW)... What?, Save Games.

Lucky? Really?... He has 3 season with over 40 SVs throwing over 70 + IP. In fact, he has 5 seasons with 2.0-2.5 ERA. In fact he is a 3.0 ERA career pitcher thus far. Do not fool yourself. Do not confuse yourself. He probably has an ugly fat ass which surely sucks, but he is a solid pitcher. Sorry, those are facts, no lucky there.

lucky? Nahhhh the guy deserves the credit, like it or not.

The 9th is something else, like it or not... Valeverde sucks? Let me see... He just put a 2.2 ERA, 49 SV through 72 IP last year...Sure... he sucks.

Let's sweep them tomo...

Whata game...

Yeeeeeeeeeeees! Aceves eres el mejooooooor!

This is becoming a college party (beer contest)when you have to drink one more beer....

97? Lol

Nice, nice, nice!

As long as he throw strikes everything is going to be alright.

Let's go Ace! You can do it, Sonora power!

Hell, Peavy still on the mound...

Fixed.

I would let Padilla close.

Good call.

2 outs... The problem is that Konerko is coming...

Fasten your seatbelts gentlemen....here comes the pen.

I can breathe out now... Ufffff hahaha

Protect the count Jon!