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2005 in Review - Relief Pitchers, Part 3

Friday, December 30, 2005
by Geoff Young
Before I forget, let me first wish everyone a safe and happy new year. Posting will be light the next couple of weeks as I put the finishing touches on Ducksnorts: Best of 2005 (at 239 pages and counting) and work on some other projects. But I'm getting ahead of myself. We were talking about relievers, no? It is appropriate, I suppose, that Ducksnorts should close the year with a look at the man who has closed more victories for a single big-league team than anyone else in history. No, not Clay Hensley, although we'll touch on him as well. [Previous entries in this series: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | ...
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2005 in Review - Relief Pitchers, Part 2

Wednesday, December 28, 2005
by Geoff Young
We continue our look back at 2005 with two more pieces of the bullpen puzzle that will set up shop elsewhere next year. Part of what made last season's relief corps so brilliant was the fact that it consisted largely of cheap parts whose value exceeded their cost by a large margin. Last year's Rudy Seanez and Chris Hammond could well be this year's Steve Andrade and Brian Sikorski. With luck, next winter we'll be paying some other relative unknowns glowing praise for providing a lot of bang for the proverbial buck. [Previous entries in this series: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | SP (1) ...
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2005 in Review - Relief Pitchers, Part 1

Monday, December 26, 2005
by Geoff Young
I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas. I don't know about you, but I'll be digging my way out from under the leftovers for a while. Meantime, we can talk about relievers. Trevor Hoffman, as usual, picked up the saves, but it was Scott Linebrink who anchored the Padres bullpen in 2005. Akinori Otsuka and Rudy Seanez were featured prominently in supporting roles. Chris Hammond held up the back end during the first half of the season, with rookie Clay Hensley picking up the slack in the second half. [Previous entries in this series: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | SP (1) | ...
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