Hannes was waived by Sparky Anderson and then ranted:
 HZ> Especialy in the first part of the season most of his possible wins
 HZ> were blown by the Bullpen. The Red Sox are still one of the best
 HZ> offensive teams in the MLB.
You have a point because his expected record up until August 4th should have 
been 7-8 instead of 4-11 (Which is in great contrast to Wakefield, who had a 
record of 8-10 but should have had a record of 5-13. The bats were booming 
for him). The bullpen was a factor, however, the hitting was an even more 
important factor. Had they hit as well for him, the bullpen would have been 
even less of a factor than it was.
 HZ> Yes but Aguilera didn`t want to stay in Boston any longer and the closer
 HZ> market was not so big. I think they acquired one of the best available.
Only if he puts together a *full* season.
 HZ> Slocumb went 5-5 with 31 saves. He had an ERA of 3.02 with 88 SO in 83.1
 HZ> IP and limited opposing batters to an ERA of 222 Aguilera was 2-2 with
 HZ> 20 saves. He had an ERA of 2.67 with 23 SO in 30.5 IP. Better of course
 HZ> but he had not to go in so much Save situations cause the Bullpen worked
 HZ> much better in 95.
The bullpen was NO better in 95, the difference was Aguilera. Aguilera got in 
quite a few save situations but your perception is skewed because you're not 
taking into consideration that Aguilera was pitching for Minnesota for 40% of 
the season. Aguilera moved guys into the long relief roles that they were 
more suited for and immmediately brought stability to the bullpen, Slocumb 
didn't start doing anything until the team was out of the race. The Red Sox 
were around the .500 mark in save opportunities before Aguilera came along 
and then they stopped blowing saves. The team was around the .500 mark again 
this year and that was WITH Slocumb. It wasn't until they were out of the 
race that they stopped blowing saves.
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