closer

I just had to gamble and not do the whole closer first thing and do a ramp-up instead.

Lewis lives close by but lamented that sidewalks along residential streets closer to his home are too exposed to the sun.

Because, as slumping closer Tanner Scott came trotting into a nightmare ninth inning in Baltimore on Saturday night, the club’s color analyst on SportsNet LA immediately tried to offer a rationalization for his entrance.

Catcher Will Smith, who has missed the past four games with a bone bruise on his hand, is also getting closer to returning to the lineup, and was available off the bench Sunday.

As of now we would appear to be in the latter phase, but the risk of crisis often tends to linger the closer the next assembly election gets.