d of safety guard that helps protect us from that kind of extreme stress again and it can dramatically affect the way the player performs. Lets take the next case for example, except lets use a different game. A closer in baseball is a relieve pitcher that comes in usually in the 8th or 9th innings to keep the opponent from scoring to preserve the lead that eventually leads to a win. This position doesnt have as much pressure for the player to perform as a kicker would. If a closer blows a save, he will not lose his job, and their are 160 some odd games in a season, so during a season it wont mean that much of a difference if the team loses a game. Although, in the case I will give to you, this was no ordinary game. This was game six of the World Series. It was the bottom of the 9th and The Philadelphia Phillies had a one run lead. Just like Scott Norwood, Mitch Williams was having a great season and a memorable career. He was affectionately known as Wild Thing by the Philadelphia fans. It was in 1993 when he was Wild Thing, the untamed relief pitcher on the dirty-shirt Phillies who shocked the Braves and went to Game 6 of the World Series. Philadelphia loved that team. "I loved that team," Williams said. "They were the best people. I loved playing with them. When the season ended, we were spent." He took a two-run lead into the ninth inning of the sixth game as the Phillies improbably were about to even the Series. Williams got an out and the Blue Jays had two runners on, which was how he had escaped late in the season, and Joe Carter hit a home run. Never has the World Series ended with a home run that reversed the score, before or since. "For some people I was the villain, no question," Williams said. "I know whatever I do, I'll be remembered for that. I don't want my career to end with the last two seasons the way they were." The kind of guy he is, if his career had been ended for any other reason in '93, he would have called it "gr...
