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Ray King: Closers close for good reasons

ANALYSIS/OPINION

You know that relief pitcher revolution going on this postseason in baseball that has the geeks who would change the game all fired up?

This one:

“Bullpen Strategies are A Changin’” — the headline in Sports of Earth.

“Big Relief: Baseball’s Bullpen Revolution” — the Wall Street Journal headline.

The trend reshaping baseball, according to the writers, is managers shaking up the pitching rotation — even bringing their closer in for middle relief, if that’s where the game’s on the line.

Ray King isn’t buying it.

“I don’t think so,” King said.