Should the Red Sox trade Papelbon?
mlbnotebook.com 10/13/2009 — Someone has to take the blame for the Red Sox collapse against the Angels this year, and Jonathan Papelbon may be the one to take the fall. Responding to an Yahoo! article that asks if the Papelbon should be trade bait, Jorge Says, well, No! Josh states his case : The idea ...

Jonathan Papelbon blows it in the ninth
scoresreport.com 10/12/2009 — The Boston Red Sox had knocked the Angels out of the playoffs in their previous four meeting, and Jonathan Papelbon had not given up an earned run in 26 postseason innings. So Red Sox fans must have felt confident with Papelbon entering game 3 in the ninth inning with a lead over the ...

Jonathan Papelbon Proves His Worth
mlbbabble.wordpress.com 10/12/2009 — Does anyone remember the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium? Does anyone remember when Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon was fuming that he was not named the closer by Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona for the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium? Does anyone remember when ...

Steve Phillips: Red Sox Should Trade Jonathan Papelbon - Boston Red Sox
nesn.com 10/14/2009 — Jonathan Papelbon When the Red Sox' season ended unexpectedly after a crushing loss to Los Angeles on Sunday, fans were quick to assign blame. Most of it fell on one person: closer Jonathan Papelbon, who blew a Boston lead in the ninth inning. The ...

I like the way you work it, Jonathan Papelbon.
angelswinblog.blogspot.com 10/12/2009 — By Andre Castillo- AngelsWin.com Contributor To the tune of "No Diggity," I bring you - I like the way you work it, Jonathan Papelbon. I like the way you work it, Jonathan Papelbon No diggity, I got to bag it up, bag it up [Juan Rivera] He's got class and style Street knowledge ...

Phillips on D&C: Trade Papelbon
fullcount.weei.com 10/13/2009 — Former Mets G.M. and current ESPN analyst Steve Phillips, during a visit with the Dennis & Callahan Show on Tuesday morning, said that he expects the Red Sox to dangle closer Jonathan Papelbon in the trade market, and that he believes the Sox ...

The Jonathan Papelbon Contract Situation
obsessedwithsports.com 10/14/2009 — There was a shared characteristic among the division series losers this past week–closers failing. When the Boston Red Sox signed closer Jonathan Papelbon to a one-year contract worth $6.25 million in January, they locked up his rights through 2011 via arbitration. After those ...

Jonathan Papelbon: Overrated
downswinging.com 8/30/2009 — While I do tend to keep my opinions on this site relatively objective, it’s no secret that I’m a diehard Red Sox fan. That being said, I don’t always have the most positive views on the Red Sox (or its fanbase) and one particularly player has had me quite irked this whole ...

Papelbon Fined Again
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 9/4/2009 — Jonathan Papelbon’s slow play once again drew the ire of Major League Baseball, which fined the Red Sox closer today for taking too long to deliver a pitch for at least the fifth time this season, an infraction incurred Tuesday night. The league fined Papelbon $5,000 for a failure to comply ...

Look what I won...
batter-upwithbruno.blogspot.com 10/5/2009 — Rob over at The Bottom Line hosted a contest back on September 23 asking readers to guess the correct number of saves Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon would finish with at the end of the 2009 regular season. The person with the correct answer, plus the answer to his bonus question, "What is ...

Manuel shows his confidence in Pedro — Major League Baseball News 10/30/2009
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel might have placed a sixth-inning phone call to former Red Sox skipper Grady Little on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium when he left right-hander Pedro Martinez in Game 2 of the World Series as he hovered around the ...

Path to promised land? — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 10/30/2009
Before the clinching game of the 2004 World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry looked at team president Larry Lucchino and said, ''If this were to happen, is there anything bigger to happen in New England since ...

Pedro Squiggles — Touching Base: Fantasy Baseball File - NY Daily News Blogs 10/30/2009
Has any pitcher ever been more dominant, and at the same time more dominated, than Pedro Martinez in the Bronx in the playoffs? Including the playoffs, Martinez has pitched 20 times in the Bronx -- all for the Red Sox except for one appearance ...

Red Sox provide Cubs a blueprint — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 10/30/2009
Before the clinching game of the 2004 World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry looked at team president Larry Lucchino and said, ``If this were to happen, is there anything bigger to happen in New England since ...

World Series TV ratings up big from 2008 — FOXSports.com News for MLB 10/30/2009
Television ratings for the World Series are rebounding from last year's record lows. The Yankees' 3-1 win over the Phillies on Thursday night on Fox earned an 11.7 fast national rating and 19 share. That's up 44 percent from the 8.1/13 for last ...