I don't really want to post this here as I am sure it belongs in a different thread, but I would venture to guess that Fingers was typically used more than an inning at a time unlike today's closers. He wasn't even really a closer. I think his defined role under the current flawed relief managing "book" would be more of a middle reliever. More akin to Torres and Riske. I'll take it one step further, Fingers was a middle reliever and a closer all rolled into one. He had saves where he came into the game in the 7th inning. Now, back to venting....Rickie Weeks, stop the pre-pitch, spastic twitching...IT DOESN'T WORK!!