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Players Only [HIGHLIGHT] JACKSON CHOURIO! WALKS IT OFF! BREWERS GO UP 2-0!

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u/YourBarelyWetSock Boston Red Sox 5h ago

So weird how teams insist on using closers for 2 innings in the postseason when it seems to always fuck them over. Especially dudes who don't normally go 2 innings.

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u/FeelsGoodMan2 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

For real though, closers basically spend the entirety of their season having their outings be "I am going to gas these pitches for 3 outs and my day is over", they never once have to sit on the bench and wait for their team to bat. I know they simulate getting up and down in the bullpen, but I imagine that having to cool your arm down and then go out again isn't just something you magically do perfectly if you never get the practice with it.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 3h ago

And the environment was like nothing he'd ever pitched in before. That place was going nuts

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u/Silverjackal_ Texas Rangers 5h ago

Yeah I think our closer this year had some, probably lead the majors, and found it interesting because no other team has their closer do that anymore.

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u/lolwatokay Texas Rangers 5h ago

Course for us it was out of necessity as well. Of that bullpen, Latz was the only one I’d trust with a late lead this year

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u/Total_Corgi_8428 5h ago

Then there’s the whitesox. Going 4 innings instead of two like absolute chads