I do think Matt Anderson has the mentality to be a closer, but it's like being an artist. Your best work doesn't come until you've suffered. Todd is suffering right now, so his best work is ahead. We hope it is because we sure don't want to see Jones take the tortured-artist theme too far and show up minus an ear. It's the nature of the job.
Teams go through slumps.
Hitters experience dry spells. There's no position like it in sports, except maybe placekicker. Usually, he saves it. Jones has succeeded in 88 percent of his chances since 1997. I've just got to ride it out.