1.  Could Franco eventually return and find out he lost his closer job to Benitez?

2.  Eleven months later, Osuna is back, and this time to replace Todd Worrell for the closer job he thought he might get last year.

3.  He lost the closer job to young Ken Ryan.

4.  He may be costing himself the closer job, though Williams said it was premature to be talking about that.

5.  If his arm stays healthy, he could win the closer job.

6.  Lowe said he would prefer to keep his closer job.

7.  Piniella was tenaciously trying to re-invent Ayala, who lost his closer job to Norm Charlton last July.

8.  Within days they offered me another job closer to home.