Closer Monkey

Year: 2015

  • Pat Venditte makes his major league debut; Fernando Rodney falls again

    June 6, 2015 Seattle Mariners — When Friday’s game stayed scoreless into the ninth, all-star coach Lloyd McClendon turned to the ultimate offensive catalyst — Fernando Rodney, who gave up the go-ahead home run. Apparently enamored with Rodney’s “man muscles,” the manager has steadfastly refused to consider replacing him with Carson Smith, but after this latest failure, we wouldn’t be surprised…

  • Vote on the newest Closer Monkey T-shirt design!

    As we prepare to offer a new blue T-shirt option, we wanted the input of our valued readers before we settle on a design! Which design do you prefer? The monkey against a blue background? Or the monkey with the baseball backdrop?   (Click to enlarge)   [poll id=”2″]

  • Kenley Jansen had high blood pressure; Kevin Jepsen earns a Tampa save

    June 5, 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers — The mystery surrounding closer Kenley Jansen’s absence has been solved. Jansen, who has a history of heart trouble, felt sick to his stomach during Wednesday’s game and was found to have high blood pressure when checked by a doctor, so he was held out as a precaution while his…

  • Kenley Jansen mysteriously unavailable for Dodgers

    June 4, 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers – Kenley Jansen was unavailable to shut down a two-run game in the 9th, and that proved to be costly as Adam Liberatore, Yimi Garcia, J.P. Howell and Chris Hatcher all combined to blow the lead and take the loss. Jansen refused to talk to media after the game, but…

  • Brad Ziegler scores another save in Arizona

    June 3, 2015 Arizona Diamondbacks -Arizona’s committee kept rolling, with Brad Ziegler picking up a save on Tuesday. More telling was that Addison Reed was nowhere to be found, with Daniel Hudson pitching a clean eighth ahead of Ziegler. There was nothing from manager Chip Hale after the game on the subject, but just days after…