During the two years Dale Sveum has managed the Cubs, when he brings the closer into a non-save situation, the closer gives up runs and loses the game. Today, the Cubs and Braves were in a 5-5 tie, going into the 9th. When Sveum brought Kevin Gregg, their closer, into the game, I said it was over. 4 runs later, the inning ended, and the Cubs lost 9-5. I don’t know if there were other pitchers available (I would assume there were since it was only the 9th inning and rosters have been expanded), but even if there were no other pitchers available, this has happened numerous times.