Kelvim Escobar was a closer at age 21, a starter at 22, went back to closing again at age 26, and started and closed at 28. Along the way, he developed peace of mind about himself, and he learned how to pitch. "When I used to get in tough spots, I thought I needed to throw hard, harder, hardest," he said by phone Friday. "It doesn't work like that." You don't have to max out to be successful. Last week, Angels general manager Bill Stoneman phoned agent Peter Greenberg to talk about Edgardo Alf ...

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