http://phoenix.fanster.com/2008/05/15/anybody-missing-valverde/ Phoenix, Tucson, Arizona - Sports News, Blogs, Radio, Video, and More Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://phoenix.fanster.com/2008/05/15/anybody-missing-valverde/#comment-490 Guest Thu, 15 May 2008 23:44:04 +0000 The naysayers got their licks in early in the baseball season. When the Arizona Diamondbacks traded All-Star closer Jose Valverde to the Houston Ast#comment-490 The real test Lyon comes when he can do what Jose did last September. You need to consider that it took Jose 2 weeks to get set in Houston....Since April 17th he has been perfect in save ops. and may be the best closr in the game the last month. Its easy to say the DBacks are not missing Jose now.....but wait until you need that perfect month. Without Jose in 2007....there was no NLCS...and about the fist pumping....ITS A NEW ERA!!! The real test Lyon comes when he can do what Jose did last September. You need to consider that it took Jose 2 weeks to get set in Houston….Since April 17th he has been perfect in save ops. and may be the best closr in the game the last month. Its easy to say the DBacks are not missing Jose now…..but wait until you need that perfect month. Without Jose in 2007….there was no NLCS…and about the fist pumping….ITS A NEW ERA!!!

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