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Originally Posted by Redleg

What are the two methods? The only definition of a hold I know goes like this:

Relief pitcher enters in a save situation, and later hands the ball off to the next relief pitcher with the game still in a save situation.

I can't remember quite the exact differences. One method is more strict, did the guy leave the game with the lead the same or bigger than when he came in. The other is that the guy just does not relinquish the lead during his innings pitched. I once came across a great article describing the two methods and which news agencies uses which. I will try to find it again.