In 2003, then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg designated Close a member of the city's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, and in 2010, Barack Obama appointed him to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
And because the Air Force detested the idea of a designated close air support aircraft, generals steered clear of the project, and designers, free from meddling senior officers, created the ultimate ground-support airplane.
Royals Find Rookie Closer While the Boston Red Sox stumble along with their mix-and-match bullpen, the one, by design, with no designated closer, the Kansas City Royals gave their closing job to a rookie who had been a starter.
The Indians designated closer Joe Borowski for assignment.
The Phillies are right back where they started when this postseason dawned: without a designated closer.
The speechmaking and picketing concluded a half-hour before the rally's designated closing time.
A half-dozen or so teams will open the season tomorrow without a designated closer in their bullpen.
Whatever the reason, more victories started going to relief specialists, guys whose job it was just to 'hold' things for the setup guys, then the right- and left-handed setup specialists, then a designated closer.
The tattoo parlor helped ignite what turned into a protracted war on live music by neighborhood groups citywide, abetted by the city council: the powers that be began bearing down on bars, for the first time mandating designated closing times and banning go-cups at certain bars and eateries.
Sergio Romo was the designated closing beard.
