The pressure of holding a game for the closer seems to be getting to gagne
as shown here
ERA when BOS is in the lead: 9.55 (13.2, 22 H, 14 K, 14 ER)
ERA when BOS is losing: 0.00 (5 IP, 4 H, 8 K)
Will he ever be the same? Is the setup role killing him?
Will he ever be able to hold a lead?
Is Boston killing him mentally?
Thoughts?
2007-10-14 12:31:53 · 12 answers · asked by Antwaan M 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
who are you his sister?
Please, he is a big boy who is getting payed huge $$$$.
This criticism comes with the territoy.
2007-10-14 12:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mr realistic...believer in truth 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Boston paid big bucks to get relief pitcher Eric Gagne to Beantown and let's face it he blew it, yet again, on Saturday night. Can the beaners battle back after losing home field advantage to the upstart tribe? They'll have to if they want a shot at a second World Series title in four years.
Tonight's game in Cleveland runs at 7 p.m. EST and sees Japanese odd-baller Daisuke "Dice-K" Matsuzaka (0-0) face Jake Westbrook (0-1). Neither pitcher has played all that well in the post season, with ERAs of 5.79 and 10.80 respectively.
Boston is favored to win (-123) despite the fact the Indians only lost 29 times at home all season. The Over/ Under sits at just 10 despite there being two inexperienced postseason pitchers on the mound and the fact that the teams combined for a whopping 32 runs in the first two games.
The last game at Jacobs Field was more like the apocalypse than a ball game, with a swarm of insects surround the stadium, rattling New York Yankees ace Joba Chamberlain, and laying the way for a come from behind Indians win in Game 2 of the ALDS.
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-hnYMpcM2eqTlIRPFHJaoRLdQJ3cVjDI-?cq=1&p=137
2007-10-15 22:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe it is a mental problem with Gagne, but rather physical. Gagne's career was based on a great fastball and an unbelievable sinker. He has not been the same pitcher since coming back from a serious injury. His sinker is not sinking and he has lost five mph on his fastball. There is a very fine line between hittable and unhittable in MLB and Gagne has crossed the line since the injury and can't find his way back.
2007-10-14 19:48:34 · answer #3 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is used to being a closer not a setup man. I am thinking Sox will trade him next year for someone else.
He'd be better off on another team
2007-10-14 21:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by mick987g 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. He cant handle the pressure in Boston.
2007-10-14 19:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by #1 New York Yankees Fan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Being a Red Sox player or fan can destroy anyone mentally.
2007-10-14 20:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO!
He was not pitching well before becoming a Sok. He has not been well for a couple of years now.
Pay me and I won't produce either.
I can't.
2007-10-14 19:53:30 · answer #7 · answered by Pablobo 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they should make papelbon setup and gagne closer.
2 rolaids relief man awards back to back.
1 cy yound award.
2007-10-14 19:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it is Playing for Boston is not a walk in the park
2007-10-14 22:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by Janet ♥(YFFL) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nah man... he hasn't pitched in two years.. he's just like prior, wood, wade miller, matt clement, carl pavano... pitchers need to keep at it or they lose it.
2007-10-14 21:07:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋