How to "Get" a Save

"(Mariano) Rivera... struck out the side in the ninth for his 20th save in 20 chances. Rivera

• didn't get

• his 20th save last season

• until Aug. 18."...(AP story by Rachel Cohen published in NY Post, 6/19/08)**********

Last year (2007) at this time, Rivera had only "gotten"

• 10 Save Opportunities.

The recitation of the "total save stat" alone without any context isn't meaningful.

• A person can't "get" an official "save" stat without an official "save opportunity." Even if he'd been perfect the first part of last year (which he wasn't as was extensively documented), the most he could have had at this date was 10 Saves.

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