clincher

Sir Ben says that is what first piqued his interest, with the script being a final clincher.

“I watched the whole thing, and that was the clincher,” Mays said.

The clincher for Emery appears to have been the promise of playing Asensio in the number 10 position.

Then he delivers the clincher line in English while flourishing a finger-heart: “I like . . . you.”

Then there’s the bullpen, which could be anchored by the veteran who shut down the New York Yankees for 2 ⅓ innings in the World Series clincher, the retention of Treinen being a sneaky good move.