http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/03/27/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Sat, 17 May 2008 05:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/03/27/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/#comment-24160 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:46:48 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/03/27/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/#comment-24160 Right, the opening day 2003 disaster illustrates the importance of the closer, both the tangible part of protecting leads and the intangible part. It's the psychological effect that can't be measured by statistics. When the closer is shaky it puts pressure on the whole team. And when the closer is solid it takes pressure off you and puts it on the other guys. When teams play the Yankees, they're thinking they can't fall behind after 8 innings with Rivera out there. Right, the opening day 2003 disaster illustrates the importance of the closer, both the tangible part of protecting leads and the intangible part. It’s the psychological effect that can’t be measured by statistics. When the closer is shaky it puts pressure on the whole team. And when the closer is solid it takes pressure off you and puts it on the other guys. When teams play the Yankees, they’re thinking they can’t fall behind after 8 innings with Rivera out there.

]]> http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/03/27/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/#comment-23633 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:06:40 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/03/27/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/#comment-23633 Mnookster, you schill. Still talking up that book just because it is an incredibly in-depth look at Red Sox issues that have strange relevance even today? How dare you. Mnookster, you schill. Still talking up that book just because it is an incredibly in-depth look at Red Sox issues that have strange relevance even today? How dare you.

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