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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
It sounds like the stopper role was supplanted by the closer role when teams started specializing with set-up men and ninth-inning close-out specialists. No one uses relievers like Gossage and Fingers were used, except maybe by Joe Maddon in the post-season. So the question is: how could a team use both a stopper and a closer? Aren't they, for all practical purposes, mutually exclusive?
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You and RCW are saying what I tried to say, but much clearer.
