I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic. It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it
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‘He is Joy’ – Koji Uehara was a Feeling
In the first of a new recurring series, John explains his love for the former Red Sox closer. Koji Uehara is 42 years old. He didn’t make the playoff roster in a battered and pilloried Cubs bullpen. Those two things
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