I mean, sure, we could have used Ryan Madson.  He was… he was great.  But he’s gone now.  He doesn’t matter anymore.  He probably does to his family and stuff, I guess, but more importantly, he doesn’t matter to us.  And therefore, the position he was perfect in no longer matters either.  So there.

Unless, of course, somebody else came along and was suitable for the role.  Then maybe we could let go of the past and accept that Francisco Cordero could be just fine as the new set-up man.  Or he could be further middle-aged dead weight keeping us sluggish and corpse-like while the youthful Ryan Madson excels in a new uniform.  That’s the fun of the offseason!  The nightmare scenarios are literally endless.

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