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One and Done? Save Rivera, Modern Closers Pose Problem in Playoffs

It was Dennis Eckersley, more than anyone, who defined the role of the closer as a one-inning job. The great closers of the 1970s and 1980s who came before him -- Rollie Fingers, Sparky Lyle, Goose Gossage and Bruce Sutter -- were all multiple-inning guys for whom it was not a bit unusual to come into a game in the eighth...

The Dugout: The ALCS, Very Funny

Here is a quick list of excuses to explain where The Dugout has been: our website is producing a code that angers Google and now nobody can look at or operate it properly, we got "busy with life stuff," popular video game or television show is addictive, we had softball practice, we realized baseball was boring and decided...

Cal Ripken Believes A-Rod Will Have Solid Postseason This Time Around

Tuesday, FanHouse had the opportunity to discuss the MLB Playoffs with Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, who currently serves as a studio analyst for TBS. TBS will be broadcasting all four Division Series and also the NLCS again this season. Ernie Johnson is the studio host while Dennis Eckersley and David Wells join...

The Dugout: Dennis Eck-Curse-Ley

Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley has been filling in for Jerry Remy in the NESN broadcast booth recently. Friday night was rough on him: during the Mets-Red Sox broadcast, he managed to commit not one, but two, off-color slip-ups.We should be able to empathize, I think. To steal a thought from Daniel Okrent in Ken Burns'...

Dick Stockton Needs To Go

Okay, so I've spent a lot of time over the last two days watching playoff baseball on TBS, and while there are plenty of things I'm not too thrilled about with their coverage, for the most part it hasn't been half bad. The studio show with Ernie Johnson, Dennis Eckersley, and Cal Ripken is a bit unwatchable at times, but...

Dennis Eckersley News From the Web

05/12/12 Baseball: Dave Stewart, Dennis Eckersley pay tribute... Source: The Mercury News - San Jose CA After all, it's only been a little more than six months since the World Series parade.
05/07/12 Red Sox' Relief Staff a Major Question as Pitchers... Source: NESN The Red Sox' relief corps has gone above and beyond throughout the last few games, but that spells trouble moving forward.
04/25/12 Ryan, Eckersley talk Red Sox at scholarship dinner Source: Wicked Local Dighton - Dighton MA In an event filled with presentations, celebration and baseball talk, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth's Center for Marketing Research held its 12th Annual Celebrity/Scholarship Dinner on Wednesday night at the Venus de Milo.
04/21/12 Rollie Fingers and the Top 6 Closers in Oakland... Source: Bleacher Report It's hard to top Dennis Eckersley's wonderful career in green and gold.
04/21/12 MLB Notebook: Former stars come out for Fenway... Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA More than 200 former Boston Red Sox players and coaches returned to the major league's oldest ballpark Friday to help the team celebrate Fenway Park's 100th birthday.