Just give 'em the damn ball.

If there's a work at jobs in sports that requires thicker skin than being a closer we haven't seen it. We certainly haven't done it. couple weeks from now--after one of sum of two units off-weeks all year on SN's publishing schedule--baseball's cash relievers will tell you, in their have words, how they handle the highs, the softs and the ever-present pressure. They'll share their notions on one another, too, which promises to make us all a little smarter than we've through all ages been about this one-of-a-kind position.

What makes a closer? Mariano Rivera would know better than anyone.

* Everything you through all ages wanted to know about the cover pass but lacked the intestinal fortitude to ask.

* Wanna know what it was like to be an extra in Will Ferrell's fresh NASCAR movie?

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