Comments on: Vicente Padilla: closer? http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/06/vicente-padilla-closer/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:32:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ultraman1970 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/06/vicente-padilla-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-95705 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:31:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29629#comment-95705 It’s pretty “iffy” having a pitcher as your closer who is known for hitting batters!

]]> By: PanchoHerreraFanClub http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/06/vicente-padilla-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-95675 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:36:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29629#comment-95675 Based on what? MLB teams keep running the same guys out in the 9th to close games because they want to over pay the closer instead of rotating other seven pitchers in the pen. Next you will tell me that all the guys in the pen have the skill to be starting pitchers.

]]> By: JBerardi http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/06/vicente-padilla-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-95620 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:45:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29629#comment-95620 “Closing games is skill that some pitchers have and others don’t.”

No it isn’t.

]]> By: Utley's Hair http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/06/vicente-padilla-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-95618 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:43:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29629#comment-95618 He seems to have the same temperament as KRod and Ugi Urbina, so, why not?

]]> By: PanchoHerreraFanClub http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/06/vicente-padilla-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-95565 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:23:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=29629#comment-95565 FYI, at his stage in his career Dennis Eckersley had never come out of the bullpen either. Closing games is skill that some pitchers have and others don’t.

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