Last night’s debacle got me thinking about similar games. In particular, this one in which Rafael Soriano came in for the save in a 1-0 game and lost on a walkoff single by Miguel Tejada. One of the great things about having watched a lot of baseball games is the ability of one game to remind you of another. And one of the unbelievably great things about playing with the Retrosheet database is that you can find similar games matching just about any pattern you want, within limits.
No two baseball games are exactly the same, but if you simplify enough, they can start to blend together.