Snog!'s List...

Snog! feels that Blog! has put together an excellent list of closers and Snog! would feel moderately comfortable with any of those guys on the mound in the hypothetical situation. Snog! would make a few substitutions though and, well, Snog! will...

10.) Trevor Hoffman - Sort of defaults to the list, though not without SOME reason. His changeup is one of the best in baseball history, but let's face it... its a changeup. The slow stuff doesn't exactly terrify Snog!. Still... 500+ saves is pretty impressive and he was VERY dominant for a while.

9.) Billy Wagner - ESPN.com currently lists Wags as having -113 career blown saves. How can the guy NOT be on the list when he has blown negative games!?!?! Seriously though, any pitcher that can hit triple digits on the gun and who doesn't really have the best aim should scares the heck out of everyone.

8.) Joe Nathan - C'mon Blog!! How does this guy NOT make the list. Think of the best in the game each year, and I promise that this guy is there EVERY year. He has had an ERA below 2 in 4 of his 5 closing years. In fact, if you add together his ERA's from each season he has closed, you get 911. You may now thank Snog! for providing you with that absolutely wonderful piece of baseball trivia.

7.) Smoltzy - He's gotta be on the list. The very idea that he didn't really WANT to close makes him even more intimidating. The guy was pissed off BEFORE he even entered the game. Would you wanna stand in there? Snog! wouldn't. Maybe Jack Bauer would, but then Jack Bauer just killed Germany.

6.) Papshmear - Snog! does not want to appear to be a homer (even though Snog! is) but that won't stop Snog! from using common sense. This kid TRIES harder than any closer in history to make the batter wet himself before he actually throws a pitch. Then he takes a deep breath, blows it out, and humiliates you.

5.) K-Rod - Funny that he is actually PAST his prime at the ripe old age of 16, but this guy has been around a while. He's got the funky windup and put together a heck of run for a few years. Using the "TV Camera Method" Snog! would say this guy has the greatest breaking stuff in history. Of course, using the "TV Camera Method" is exactly why one shouldn't trust Snog!

4.) Goose - Snog! never actually saw him pitch, but LOOK at the guy! Snog! would be terrified to serve the man coffee let alone stand at the plate while he shot bullets at Snog!. Snog! will now have nightmares forever.

3.) Eric Gagne - In Snog!'s lifetime, Snog! cannot remember a closer having a more dominant run that this goofy Canadian (Snog! likes the way he talks). Would have been #1 had he held out a bit longer.

2.) The Eck - Its funny, but Snog!'s exact line of thinking on this was that Eck's brilliance is truly the reason that Gibson's homerun was the greatest moment in MLB history. Then Blog! goes and uses that exact same thought. Is Blog! somehow sneaking into Snog!'s brain at night? terrifying.

1.) Mo Rivera - Even the biggest Skankee hater can't really argue against this one. I'll say no more.

Snog! acknowledges that there are some historical figures omitted from this list, but if one looks at the numbers of guys like Sutter and Lyle, one is underwhelmed. Well, at least Snog! is.