Closing a save? Saving a close? Closers & Savers?

The "Save" in baseball has been around as an offical statistic since 1969. The MLB rulebook states:

Saves:
Rule 10.20 in the Official Rule Book states:
Credit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions:
(1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and
(2) He is not the winning pitcher; and
(3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions:
- (a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or
- (b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces; or
- (c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.

The term "closer" has been around in reference really only since the 1990's, as most often the term previous was "fireman." Typically relievers were used in this sense to "put out a fire" of potential runners scoring. ESPN.com writer Jim Caple once wrote wrote that closers' saves in the ninth "merely conclude what is usually a foregone conclusion."

In terms of "closing a sale" - If the job has been done, the questions and concerns addressed, all i's are dottted and t's crossed - the next step of cosing the deal should be to "merely conclude what is usually a foregone conclusion." Right?