Re: _Relief pitching_, Ed Grinnell wrote to Scott Zolnoski on 12 Aug 96:
 EG> Scott was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
 EG> 
 SZ>> Well, they have the HOLD stat, but I've never actually read WHAT this
 SZ>> means!  Does anyone know the requirements to qualify for a HOLD???
 EG> 
 EG> A reliever enters a game in a save situation, retires at least one 
batter,
 EG> keeps the opposition from tying/going ahead and is then relieved by
 EG> another pitcher.
I thought you had to pitch three innings or something like that to get a 
Hold.  Or am I thinking of something else?
... Everybody's do-o-oing the Tomahawk Chop now...
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