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Found July 01, 2009 on Beerleaguer:
PLAYERS: Ryan Madson
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies

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Ryan Madson didn’t have a bad month, but a trio of blown saves made it feel that way. Madson may have the most fickle fan support of any Phillie, but that’s the life of a reliever, where only a handful of blow-ups can lead to a statistical and perceptual tailspin. There isn’t a more detrimental stat in the court of public opinion than the blown save, and Madson had three of them in June, the most in the National League....
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