Putz keeping a closer's eye on Papelbon
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J.J. Putz had the same reaction as many people this spring when he heard that Jonathan Papelbon planned on becoming a starter.
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They offered Brad Radke more money than he got from Minnesota. They were there, dollar for dollar, with the Yankees for Carl Pavano, but he opted for childhood loyalty and signed with the Bombers. They had manager Terry Francona personally recruit Jon Lieber, but he signed with the Phillies. They made a run at Oakland ace Tim Hudson, but the ...
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While the Red Sox go about looking for a new closer, Jonathan Papelbon continues to say he'll go back to the bullpen if the club makes such a request. Papelbon, recovered from a shoulder injury, is almost certain to start the season in the rotation, but he remains a great alternative if the closer search comes ...
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In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.
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Carl Pavano and the Yankees are closing in on a four-year contract for just under $40 million, pending a physical, and Manager Joe Torre made the difference.
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By Michael Klein, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 17--Some guys put their sweetie's name on the scoreboard at the ballpark and pop the question in front of 30,000 screaming fans.  "I'm not a big, public-eye kind of guy," says Charlie Warner of West Berlin.   Right.
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Mark Buehrle is trying to get back to pitching as well as he did the first three months of the season. He's getting closer with each start.
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Andy Pettitte may provide key testimony to the House oversight committee investigating his former teammateâs challenge to the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
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Unless he's pulling a fast one on us - and if so, it would mean his art of deception is the equal of his standard-cut 97-mile-per-hour fastball - then there is nothing too complicated about Jonathan Papelbon.
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With Jonathan Papelbon likely headed back to the starting rotation, with Mike Timlin showing his age over the last half of the season, with the youngsters yet to prove themselves as viable late-inning relievers, a vintage Keith Foulke would fill a gaping hole in the Red Sox bullpen in 2007.
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Pitcher Juan Padilla has dazzled his teammates this spring with his card tricks. Next, he will attempt to perform something even more impressive: win back his spot in the Metsâ bullpen.
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Even with the distraction of a player's arrest and legal problems, the Texas Rangers remained focused on their drive for a postseason berth.
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With Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon perched on the mound with two outs in the ninth, poised to win his first World Series, on the cusp of completing a dream he and his brothers had rehearsed throughout their childhood on the sandlots of rural Louisiana, the inevitable happened.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees are  reportedly closing in on acquiring free-agent starting pitcher  Carl Pavano.
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There's a method to finding tomorrow's home runs.
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When the doors swung open in the Red Sox bullpen, 37,008 Fenway Faithful glimpsed a welcome sight: a well-rested Jonathan Papelbon, nostrils flared, ready to come into the ninth inning of a one-run game.
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Jonathan Papelbon's best pitch of the night didn't go into Jason Varitek's catcher's mitt, but rather into Kevin Youkilis's elongated - and in this case, humiliating - first baseman's glove.