nesn.com - 10/14/2009
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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 rational thing to do would be to wait a few ...
rumorsandrants.com - 10/13/2009
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rumorsandrants.com —
After being unceremoniously dumped from the playoffs in
three games by the Los Angeles Angels, the Boston...
Red Sox are going to take a good, long look at their roster this winter. Boston spent 2009 with the a payroll of $122.4 million, fourth highest in the Major League Baseball, but that ...
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The Red Sox Have Lots Of Questions For 2010
fullcount.weei.com - 10/13/2009
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fullcount.weei.com —
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 ...
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Phillips on D&C: Trade Papelbon
fenwaywest.com - 10/13/2009
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fenwaywest.com —
Yes, Papelbon blew a save at the worst
possible moment. He went from the guy who HAD...
NEVER allowed a post season run to score...to the guy who allowed all of them to. He seemed to have no command of the strike zone and therefore, he was leaving balls right in the middle of the strike zone. ...
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I still LIKE Jonathan Papelbon. There. I said it.
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A Pitch for Papelbon
Fanster.com —
... If Boston doesn’t win a World Series someone has to pay and that someone could be Papelbon. There are now rumors that he could be on the trading block. Papelbon is in his final years of arbitration and will likely demand a big contract soon, probably this off-season. The Red Sox have a young, hard-throwing pitcher in Daniel Bard that many feel could be the next Papelbon. ...
The Dirty Water Filter, 10/14 - Changing It Out for A New Year
Over the Monster —
... lost, so I’d bet they were said in the heat of the moment, when he was very frustrated," said Stringfellow a few minutes ago over the phone. "That’s probably not the best time to take comments like that as gospel."
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Steve Phillips: Red Sox Should Trade Jonathan Papelbon - NESN.com
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WEEI: Isner: Steve Phillips: Red Sox Should Trade Jonathan Papelbon
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
WEEI: Isner: Steve Phillips: Red Sox Should Trade Jonathan Papelbon SIFT THE NOISE! (conks self with rock-filled Skipping Girl Vinegar handbag) But that hasn’t stopped anybody from declaring that Papelbon should be shipping out of Boston. Not even ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips. “I think if Papelbon is available, and I think he will be, I think there will be a significant market for him and the teams will really step up,” he said on WEEI on Tuesday. “When you look at the Bobby Jenkses of the world who might be available via trade, and guys like that ... Papelbon stands ...
The Market for Jonathan Papelbon
Jorge Says No! —
Former Mets GM Steve Phillips chimes in on the possibility of trading Jonathan Papelbon: "I think if Papelbon is available, and I think he will be, I think there will be a significant market for him and the teams will really step up," he said on WEEI on Tuesday. "When you look at the Bobby Jenkses of the world who might be available via trade, and guys like that ... Papelbon stands out as a difference-maker." Sure, Papelbon is a difference maker. His ...
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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 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 ...
Boston Red Sox trading closer Papelbon?
sports.yahoo.com 10/14/2009 — Closer Jonathan Papelbon (notes) has been an All-Star for the Boston Red Sox since he came into the league in 2006. He's saved 151 games for the team and is the owner of the record for the most consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason with ...
Is Papelbon Papelgone?
sportsofboston.com 10/30/2009 — The hundred or so days between now and the day pitchers and catchers report will likely be the longest of Jonathan Papelbon’s 28 years. Consistently dominant since bursting onto the scene in 2005 and ascending to closer in 2006, including 27 scoreless innings in the postseason, Boston’s ...
Papelbon Fined $5,000 By MLB
yougabsports.com 9/4/2009 — Baseball's attempts to speed up the pace of the game have taken some getting used to for Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon -- to the tune of thousands of dollars.
Papelbon was fined $5,000 by Major League Baseball for taking too long to deliver his first pitch Tuesday night, ...
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 ...
Five ways for Yanks to beat Angels —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 10/14/2009
The Yankees always say they don't act or react because of what the Red Sox have done, but there are plenty of clues to how to beat the Angels in the AL Championship Series lodged in Boston's loss to the Halos in the division series.
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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 ...
