A chart of the typical career path of a closer would look like a roller coaster. Last week Mark Wohlers, who had 72 saves in the past two seasons, was working out with a rookie league team; Tom Gordon, who was cuffed around as a starter in recent years, was among the major league leaders in saves. The top four saves leaders in the National League at week's end—Trevor Hoffman, Robb Nen, Jeff Shaw and Ugueth Urbina—had exactly zero All-Star appearances combined. The best of them has been Nen, a 32nd-round pick and a failed starter who has been traded twice. Of course.