Found August 28, 2009 on dallasnews.com:
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The most important part of Thursday's win against New York, in my opinion, was the re-emergence of Jason Grilli. The middle relief for this bullpen has really struggled, giving manager Ron Washington a challenge. (And on Thursday, the bullpen really did the job all the way around). Grilli, who didn't retire the first five batters he faced since coming off the DL before Thursday, was aggressive with hitters and made his pitches count against a difficult lineup. He had good movement on his fastball and used his slider well. That's the Grilli we saw earlier in the season after he was picked up. So let's see how you would handle things in certain situations. Scenario: Rangers are leading by one or two and the starter goes 5. You don't have Neftali Feliz, who pitched the day before, but everyone else is a go. Who do you go with? My choice (and the order late is dependent on lefties and righties in the lineup): Jason Grilli in the 6th, Darren O'Day in the 7th, C...
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