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Relief pitchers (Baseball)

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Topical headingRelief pitchers (Baseball)
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Variant(s)Closers (Baseball)
Closing pitchers (Baseball)
Firemen (Baseball)
Relievers (Baseball)
See alsoPitchers (Baseball)
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Found inWork cat.: 2002000285: A history of relief pitching, c2002.
The Dickson baseball dictionary, c1989: p. 321 (relief pitcher: a substitute pitcher who comes in to take over for the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher) p. 322 (reliever [see] relief pitcher)
Web. 3 (relief pitcher)
Zimniuch, F. Fireman : the evolution of the closer in baseball, c2010.
Answerblog.com WWW site, May 10, 2010 (fireman in baseball (top relief pitcher from each league))
Wikipedia WWW site, May 10, 2010 (in baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer, is a relief pitcher)