Blalock went to my highschool, a class under me. I grew up with his cousin, and her dad was our baseball coach. He (Hank) was/is a major prick. He's also damn good. All the hype was for Eric Chavez and Eric munson, who played for the rival highschool a year ahead of him. Can you tell that I'm bitter trying to make the team where every other kid seems to be getting some type of major league contract? Fucking frustrating. I'm done ranting.
Thanks for listening.
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Originally posted by forseti-6
I don't see what point you're trying to make that Gagne is on a horrible hitting team. I don't have any statistics on this, but I'd be willing to bet that most save records (most saves in a year, etc..) are with teams with poor hitting. Why? If you have a good hitting team you're probably beating the team by more than 3 runs, thus not making it a save situation.
And as a closer, he isn't credited with the run support the starter is. So again, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make....
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I'm not sure what you're trying to point out-- so he doesn't get to come in in a save situation, then he doesn't come in. WTF does that have to do with anything--he can't blow the save if he's not in the game! Its about consecutive saves--not how many opportunities for saves that he gets! If he gives up runs, but gets run support, he can still get the save. If he comes in with a 2 run lead vs. a 1 run lead, its a lot easier on him. I am not sure that you understand that the Gagne hype is based upon not fucking up--it isn't just how many save opportunities he can get in a year--Keith Foulke with Oakland last year did a great job there, and he wasn't as amazing as Gagne for the simple fact that he fucked up every once in a while--when Gagne fucked up, they got the runs to help him out!