benitez!!!!someone explain to me why he is a closer

[wisher4]

i dont understand why any team wud want him?
he screws up the world series for the mets and he seems to make it close no matter how big his lead is!!!

 

[yyz]

He got the save, that was his job. he doesn't care if we have the under or the runline, and neither does his team.

He has 2 blown saves, a 5-3 w/l record, and 27 saves. That's seems pretty decent to me.

 

[nole47]

dont have to tell me he gave up 2 runs in the 9th to lose my under by .5

 

[cisco]

Ditto. This guy scares the sh!t out of me. Whenever I need him to close, he screws me. I was feeling pretty good when White brezzed through the eighth. Then this jerk promptly throws up two golpher balls. Then, when the pitching coach comes out, all he does is shrug his shoulders.

 

[Man O' Vegas]

Why closer? 98 mph fastball. Little else seems to matter these days.

MOV

 

[infinii]

I'm also sick of all the blown leads late in games this season. The bullpens are the biggest unknown in capping these games lately.

Cost me the under in Mets game as well as a 5 team parlay. Still won for the night, but could've been 4-0 + a 5 teamer. Can't complain too much though, still on the + side for the day.

 

[Randercity]

CLOSER?? It's all in the spelling,

SEE L O S E R

Actually he is pretty good compared to a lot of them. His fastball is his gravy pitch, and yes, when his location is off, IT WILL FLY FAR! Coming in at 98, it don't take much. A lot of it depends on how he's used to. IF you got a junkball reliever ahead of him, it helps, due to the difference in velocity, but we all got toasted tonite late I think...