fantasybaseball365.com - 10/14/2009
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Unfortunately I didn't keep my pitcher projections very updated heading into the end of spring training. That's something I'll be sure to address next season. For now, let's look back at some of the best preseason pitcher projections from 2009.
Homer Bailey ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Playoffs Today
baseballmusings.com 10/9/2009 — The Twins and the Yankees get the action going tonight with Nick Blackburn facing A.J. Burnett. Blackburn posted almost the exact same season in 2009 that he did in 2008. He made the same number of starts, pitched 12 more innings with two more home runs, walks and strikeouts. He gave up five ...
Beckett vs Halladay
fenwaywest.com 10/15/2009 — Josh Beckett and Roy Halladay will both be free agents after next season. If the Jays do not deal Halladay during the offseason they will most likely deal him before the trade deadline if they are not in the playoff hunt. The Red Sox might try to extend Beckett's contract before the end of ...
Playoff Comebacks, Closer Failures, and the Growing Mariano Rivera Fan Club
noyoureatowel.net 10/13/2009 — Let me first say that the Mariano Rivera Fan Club should be growing exponentially. After watching some of the best closers in the games blow up this postseason, it makes you appreciate Mariano Rivera more and more. Here is a series-by-series breakdown of the 9th inning comebacks vs. All-Star ...
Ha! Take that, Boston
zachls.blogspot.com 10/16/2009 — We're so used to Boston winning everything that when the city has a day like it did Sunday, we're not really sure what to do but stand around with hands in our pockets looking a little confused. But the Red Sox -- even better: Jonathan Papelbon ! -- ...
ALDS Game 2: Twins at Yankees
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/9/2009 — YANKEES
Lineup TBA
Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (13-9, 4.04 ERA regular season)
TWINS
Lineup TBA
Pitching: RHP Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.03 ERA regular season)
TIME/TV: 6:07 p.m., TBS
WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and cool with showers in the ...
Postmortem on the 2009 Red Sox. —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/14/2009
I'm not a great eugooglizer, but bear with me. I'm only going to reference the giant kick to the testicles administered to me a few days ago by the now defunct 2009 Red Sox once.
I will say that it was a good, if extremely frustrating season, one ...