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Orioles closer Zach Britton more old school than you think
- Updated: May 19, 2016
1:15 PM ET
BALTIMORE — At first glance, Zach Britton doesn’t seem like an old-school closer. He doesn’t have a cool nickname like Goose or Quiz. He doesn’t drop from the side like Kent Tekulve or Dan Quisenberry. He doesn’t have crazy facial hair like Rollie Fingers or Al Hrabosky.
“No throwing in a chew before I go in,” says Britton. “No crazy hair, no yelling at people with that weird gaze that guys used to have back in the day when you thought they were going to rip some guy’s head off. I got none of that going for me.”
The one old-school element he does have going for him – besides the fact that he uses AC/DC for his walkout song – is the ability to pull off a multi-inning save.
Zach Britton has nine multi-inning saves since becoming the closer early in 2014. Rob Carr/Getty Images
In Wednesday night’s 5-2 win over Seattle, Britton entered the game with one out in the top of the eighth inning and the bases loaded. He struck out colossal Korean slugger Dae Ho Lee, got Chris Iannetta to ground out to end the threat, then came back out for the ninth to finish the job for his 11th save, tied for most in the American League.
Although it was Britton’s first …
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