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Beency-bouncy burger meat
Published 8/22/2007 by Hart Bracken at The Soxaholix
... So what about Papelbon, eh? The first Red Sox pitcher to have at least 30 saves in two seasons. ...

Red Sox News & Notes - 8/22
Published 8/22/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... New pitch, same story for Papelbon [Boston Globe] ...

Rounding the Bases: Jonathan Papelbon loves sluts
Published 8/22/2007 by Jesse Pugh at Bugs & Cranks
... Jonathan Papelbon presents “The Slutter” [Boston.com] ...

Papelbon's "New" Pitch
Published 8/22/2007 by Luol Dang! at The Smittblog
... Pitchers like to be known for their pitches. Sutter's splitter, Fernando's screwball, Mussina's late 90's knuckle-curve, Mariano's cutter, and Michael Kay's pet name for Clemens signature pitch: Mr. Splitty, just to name a few. Jonathan Papelbon is known as a good pitcher, but other than simply having pinpoint control of his two and four seam fastballs, he doesn't really have a signature pitch. He throws a splitter and will now and again lead with a mediocre slider to a batter he thinks is sitting fastball, but his strikeout pitch is his fastball. So I guess in an attempt to further cement he and his pitches into the popular vernacular, Papelbon created a "new pitch" last night, or at least a new name for a pitch: The Slutter:He threw Jonny Gomes a "slutter." That's what Jonathan Papelbon calls his new pitch -- a combination cut fastball and slider. ...

With Schilling, Rays Favorites To Win AL East In ‘08
Published 8/22/2007 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... While Schilling’s current rotation mates are no slouches, he of the bloody sock has gone on record that he would be all kinds of excited about joining our Rays unstoppable young trio of Scott Kazmir, The Master Of The Modified Circle Change James Shields (not to be confused with The Slutter King Jonathan Papelbon), and the recently resurgent Iron Jaw Edwin Jackson. ...

Jonathan Papelbon's New Pitch: The "Slutter"
Published 8/23/2007 by PostmanR at FanHouse
... It's called ... the slutter. ...

The Second Cup: The best of last week
Published 8/23/2007 by Cam at Sox Nest
... New pitch, same story for Papelbon - Nick Cafardo tracks down Jonathan Papelbon in Tampa, getting to the bottom of his success at the back end of the bullpen, complete with a new pitch called - and we’re not making this up - a “slutter”. ...

Jon Papelbon's new pitch: The 'slutter'
Published 8/23/2007 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
I'm going to have to tread very carefully here, but I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that Jonathan Papelbon has developed a new pitch: "the slutter." At least that's what Paps called in front of reporters the other night. It's apparently a combination cut fastball-slider, prompting the, um, colorful name. From the Boston Globe via ...

Red Sox Closer Admits Having a Slutter
Published 8/24/2007 by I-believe-in-Dinosaurs at The GYS Network
... No that's not a typo, it's just a slow news day. So slow in fact that I had to go back to Wednesday's Globe to find something interesting. Actually, I really first heard about the news from the folks at ...

The Week In Quotes: August 20-26 by Alex Carnevale
Published 8/27/2007 at Baseball Prospectus
... , on his time starting games. "I feel like I have my arms, my legs. I feel I have less headaches. Last year was a grind for me. I grinded and grinded until I couldn't grind anymore." --Papelbon "Knowing how to take care of myself is really important." --Jonathan Papelbon (Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe ) IF THEY ASKED YOU TO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE, COULD YOU DO THAT, TOO? "I know it's not serious because I talked to guys who have had ...