Jerome Holtzman, a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and a man who helped make relief pitchers more relevant, statistically speaking, died this past weekend. While this is obviously sad news here at the Loogy Lounge, I couldn’t help but be amused by a comment posted by a gentleman named Hugo on the Times’ website:
I don’t mean this in a bad way, but I wish that save stat died with him.
Harsh, Hugo, but you kinda have a point.
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The Loogy Lounge // August 5, 2008 at 8:12 pm |
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I Don’t Hate Jim Caple Today « The Loogy Lounge // August 5, 2008 at 8:13 pm |
[...] for ESPN, produced an excellent article today about closers and the save statistic. In light of Jerome Holtzman’s death, Caple thoroughly explores the history of the closer, concluding that because of the save statistic [...]