Okay, I know there are a number of us with varying interest in ball and some with perhaps more (or less) in this particular Series. Sinsull is (at last report) at the game tonight! So be you fan, Mets fan, Yankee fan or whatever.......Whaddaya' think?

As I type, the first game has just gone into extra innings and makes me want to ask as I have often asked myself, when did the "Closer" become such a big deal and more to the point.....How come every important game I watch, the "Great Closer" blows it? I can watch some no-count game and the Closer does his job, but in every big game it seems that one of them craps out. Additionally, they seem to be afforded the status of many all-time greats......and I don't get it. Status used to go to the guys who completed games or the long relievers who came in hot and ready when a starter struggled. Now, it doesn't seem to matter what's going on.....Send in the CLOSER!

At times it reminds me of the "Prevent" defense in football. The Browns must have had a terrible "Prevent" because I spent years watching them piss away games they had in the bag by going to the "Prevent." 'Course I notice that a lot of other teams must have awful "Prevents" too, because it costs a lot of games. The Closer is in the same category......at least to me.

Well, I'll see how this one comes out, but I'm reminded that old John Franco looked OK and being a NY boy had the motivation.

Spaw