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Best closer ever for LSU
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:21 pm
I'd say Matty Ott with 33 saves. What say you? 
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Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:22 pm to Smiling_Tiger
Ott '09. Next question
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:23 pm to Smiling_Tiger
shane youman
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Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:23 pm to harry coleman beast
Rick Greene easily! Barry Manuel close 2nd
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:24 pm to Smiling_Tiger
#1. Manuel
#2. Greene
#2. Greene
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:26 pm to Doc Fenton
Greene
Ott was a head case
Ott was a head case
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:28 pm to kool breeze
That's not really fair.
I think people vastly overrated his abilities as a freshman because he got put in a sweet role with a lot of easy situations. He was anything but dominant that year, but rather, most of the time had just enough weird delivery and speed to get by on novelty. That and only pitching 1 inning at a time when you're usually up by 2 or 3 runs doesn't hurt.
In truth, he never had awesome stuff to begin with. Even when he was rolling as a freshmen, other hitters were making good contact and just missing big hits off him.
I think people vastly overrated his abilities as a freshman because he got put in a sweet role with a lot of easy situations. He was anything but dominant that year, but rather, most of the time had just enough weird delivery and speed to get by on novelty. That and only pitching 1 inning at a time when you're usually up by 2 or 3 runs doesn't hurt.
In truth, he never had awesome stuff to begin with. Even when he was rolling as a freshmen, other hitters were making good contact and just missing big hits off him.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:29 pm to Smiling_Tiger
I'm still shell-shocked from Ott blowing the lead when Florida was in-town and ranked #1. Matt Flynn, Patrick Peterson, ESPN, everyone was there and we had the lead the whole game. Till Matty came in. It changes the course of our season and Matty was never the same after getting rocked and blowing the big win.
Will say I really Chris Cotton, not fancy, not lock-down, just good.
Will say I really Chris Cotton, not fancy, not lock-down, just good.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:34 pm to Smiling_Tiger
Maybe his freshman year. After that he really struggled.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:35 pm to Smiling_Tiger
I say the save stat is overrated, as is the closer moniker. But I digress.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:36 pm to Smiling_Tiger
Warren Morris says Robbie Morrison
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:37 pm to SCUBABlake
Kirk Gibson >>> Dennis Eckersley
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:37 pm to Doc Fenton
His mustache will kill you for that.
ETA: But still one of my favorite baseball moments.
ETA: But still one of my favorite baseball moments.
This post was edited on 3/23/13 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:44 pm to SCUBABlake
It was certainly a classic baseball duel of one great moustache versus another great moustache for that one great October night.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:47 pm to SCUBABlake
quote:
I say the save stat is overrated, as is the closer moniker. But I digress.
X 1000. The designated closer role is beyond stupid.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:49 pm to Doc Fenton
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Posted by Doc Fenton
#1. Manuel
#2. Greene
:kige:
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:50 pm to Smiling_Tiger
Blair Barbier
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:53 pm to harry coleman beast
It makes sense to some degree, but just not the way managers do it with their rigidly inflexible braindead routines, taking out pitchers who are on their game just because some bullshite handed down wisdom that never made any sense to begin with.
It's like they have to do it to make the closer happy, because the closer has saves as an important part of his contract, because some random person made up a somewhat arbitrary save statistics back before anybody was even alive.
It's one of the first things I ever got into an ugly fight about on the Rant, back many moons ago, with the controversial Lester Earl.
It's like they have to do it to make the closer happy, because the closer has saves as an important part of his contract, because some random person made up a somewhat arbitrary save statistics back before anybody was even alive.
It's one of the first things I ever got into an ugly fight about on the Rant, back many moons ago, with the controversial Lester Earl.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 9:54 pm to mattz1122
Not a "closer" but if I had to have one LSU pitcher put a game away it would be Louis Coleman.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 10:00 pm to Doc Fenton
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taking out pitchers who are on their game just because some bullshite handed down wisdom that never made any sense to begin with.
Eades was dealing against UF in 2011 and Coach brought in Ott. I said at the time (before Ott blew the save) that Eades should have stayed in. Lester was one of many people after the game who defended the move. Ott had not been sharp in several outings before that weekend.
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