Further to my post two posts below this one, here is another example. In last night’s White Sox-Nationals game, the Nationals led 7-5 going into the top of the 8th. Storen came in to pitch, and was dominant. He had a 1-2-3 inning, only threw 10 pitches, and had 2 strikeouts. The Nationals scored in the bottom of the 8th to make it 8-5. Does the Nationals’ manager leave Storen in since he’s obviously on? Does he let him start the 9th? No, he brings in Soriano, their closer, assuming he’ll be on when he knows Storen is. Soriano gives up a 2-run homerun to make the score 8-7, then goes 3-0 to Konerko, a power hitter representing the tying run who hit a 3-run homerun earlier in the game. He got Konerko, but this game should not have been this close.