Yet another baseball scoring question

[BB Bobcat]

Can you take a loss and a blown save?

You can also get a win and a blown save.

 

[deskslave]

Can you take a loss and a blown save?

You can also get a win and a blown save.

And more than one pitcher from the same team can be credited with a blown save.

Where I disagree with the interpretation of the blown-save statistic is when a middle reliever comes in in the 7th inning of a 3-2 game, gives up a run and is charged with a blown save. It would seem fairly obvious that he wasn't in there to save the game, but rather to hold the lead. So it should be a blown hold, even though that phrase makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

 

[spnited]

Can you take a loss and a blown save?

You can also get a win and a blown save.

And more than one pitcher from the same team can be credited with a blown save.

Where I disagree with the interpretation of the blown-save statistic is when a middle reliever comes in in the 7th inning of a 3-2 game, gives up a run and is charged with a blown save. It would seem fairly obvious that he wasn't in there to save the game, but rather to hold the lead. So it should be a blown hold, even though that phrase makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

A. The save is a bad statistic, given the leeway in the rukes.
B. The blown save is total bullshirt because, as deskslave mentioned, we know the mediocre peice of shirt middle/setup reliever (think Aaron Heilman) who comes in in the 7th inning isn't there to save the game.
C. The "hold" is the most useless stat ever, invented by baseball agents to prove that their piece of shirt middle/set-up reliever (think Aaron Heilman) was actually more effective than his 2-8 record an 6.43 ERA indicate.