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On Chris Perez, Tie Games, Save Situations, and Stories

May 9, 2012 by 43 Comments

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You have to believe me: I didn’t know what I was getting into.

I was completely unaware of the narrative surrounding Chris Perez in non-save situations (or is it tie games? Or extra innings? I get confused.).

As the kids say, “I didn’t know that was a thing.”

So when twitter exploded last night after Perez allowed two runs to break a tie game, I wasn’t feeling combative. I was mostly curious. There were so many people suggesting that Perez just couldn’t handle that situation that I wondered how I had missed it. How had Acta missed it? WIth those glasses and everything?

I had to look it up. But how?

Thank goodness Al Gore created a magical series of tubes for just that purpose. In two seconds, I found this link and tweeted it: [Read more...]

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Greener Grass, Revisionist History and Chris Perez

October 18, 2011 by 7 Comments

In 2009, the Cleveland Indians were not good.  You might remember it as the season that Tomo Ohka was allowed to throw 71 sub-replacement level innings.  Or the season that saw Ryan Garko man 28 innings in the outfield.  Or the year that Masa Kobayahsi was actually paid to be on a Major League roster.  These were heady times to be an Indians fan.

We’ll likely remember 2009 as the nadir of the organization’s rebuild: the front office was in pure sell-off mode, shipping out everything that wasn’t nailed down for assets aimed to restock the club for another run at contention.  Cliff Lee, Victor Martinez, Carl Pavano, Kelly Shoppach.  Give us your poor, your tired, your Mitch Talbots and Yohan Pinos.

But there’s one trade that seems to get overlooked when we think back to these days: moving Mark DeRosa to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chris Perez and Jess Todd. [Read more...]

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