Papelbon says shoulder tight
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As expected, sleep didn't arrive easily for Jonathan Papelbon Friday night. When you earn your salary on the potency of your powerful right arm, a good night's rest is hardly a guarantee when your shoulder is, as he put it yesterday, ``thumping."
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The Yankees cannot cruise yet, cannot rest their regulars, cannot take one final deep breath before the tension of the postseason wraps tightly around their stomachs.
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Dontrelle Willis is one of the few Florida Marlins players to have felt the pressure of playing in the postseason.
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Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he's following the team's advice to work his shoulder back into shape, rather than have surgery.
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Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano will need surgery for a bone chip above his right elbow, an injury that could finish his 2006 season before it ever started.
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The steady rain was getting to Bronson Arroyo, and not because it presented the clear and present danger of frizzing his cornrows. &quot;It's pretty slick out there,&quot; he reported, 2 hours 10 minutes before the scheduled start of Game 3 last night. &quot;It's very difficult to get your footing. I don't like it. It will be tough ...
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Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins noticed a big difference in the Big Unit. After missing a start because of tendinitis in his left forearm, Randy Johnson limited Philadelphia to one hit in six shutout innings in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 4-3 victory over Jamie Moyer and the Phillies on Wednesday night.
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Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon did not rule out pitching again this season, but made it clear he wouldn't do so unless the club was in contention for a postseason spot and he was completely healthy.
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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.
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Jonathan Papelbon 's outstanding rookie season probably is over -- and his days as the Red Sox' closer could be, too.
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When the going gets small, Paul Antico gets going.
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Forget all the nonsense in the stands. The baseball is what matters. Let the Red Sox fans jeer Alex Rodriguez. Let them wear the blond wings and scream "Mine!" every time a pop fly is hit in his direction and rhythmically chant "A-Rod, A-Rod" when he's facing Jonathan Papelbon with two away and an 0-2 count in the ninth inning ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD - Before he answered questions after the Jetsâ 22-14 win over San Francisco, tight end Anthony Becht had something to say.
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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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Fans and coaches might have wanted to brush up on the overtime rules before the Cape Ann League's finest met to break their tie atop the standings last night. As the clock ticked down, Wilmington and Masconomet remained deadlocked as each bid to oust the other from the ranks of the unbeaten.
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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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In spring training, when Jonathan Papelbon was being groomed for a spot in the Red Sox' rotation, he realized how different starting was from the closing role he had filled in his rookie season.