Comments on: Saving a 30-3 baseball game http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/saving-a-30-3-baseball-game/ People don't think it be like it is, but it do. Sun, 20 May 2012 08:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/saving-a-30-3-baseball-game/#comment-686 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:08:23 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/saving-a-30-3-baseball-game/#comment-686 You beat me to the punch. I was going to offer that nugget as well. It *is* a rather damning indictment of the statistic, and clearly illustrates the need to look far beyond the save statistic when evaluating relievers. And the official rule is if you work 3 innings to close a game, regardless of score, you "earn" a save. This occasionally comes up when a guy gets a save coming into a blowout... but usually the blowouts are *less* than ten runs - not 27 runs (or as you note, even just 11 runs at the time of the pitcher's entry into the game). You beat me to the punch. I was going to offer that nugget as well. It *is* a rather damning indictment of the statistic, and clearly illustrates the need to look far beyond the save statistic when evaluating relievers.

And the official rule is if you work 3 innings to close a game, regardless of score, you “earn” a save. This occasionally comes up when a guy gets a save coming into a blowout… but usually the blowouts are *less* than ten runs - not 27 runs (or as you note, even just 11 runs at the time of the pitcher’s entry into the game).

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