Save the Last Dance For the Red Soxâ Closer
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Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbonâs Irish jig has garnered as much notice as his fastball, which helped him save 37 games with a 1.85 earned run average this season.
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There have been no official decisions yet. No changes to the lineup on an optional workday that, manager Terry Francona said, was supposed to be an offday. But that doesn't mean there might not be a different name in the lineup tonight when the Red Sox return to Fenway Park for Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. Like, ...
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Take a good look at No. 20 in white tonight. It might be the last time you'll see him as a Celtic in Boston.
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NEW YORK -- He had been sent home early to prepare for his start the next afternoon, and thus was watching from afar, on TV, when the Red Sox staged their stunning comeback Friday night against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who usually breaks hearts and bats in equal measure.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- While the White Sox are in the midst of their last off day of the season Monday, their stadium might get a full workout.
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Boston Red Sox&#39;s David Ortiz celebrates his14th-inning game-winning single off New York Yankees&#39; Esteban Loaiza in Game 5 of the ALCS in Boston, Monday Oct. 18, 2004.
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Game two between the Yankees and the Red Sox was a pitcher&#39;s dual. Pedro Martinez held up his end of the bargain for Boston despite &quot;who&#39;s your daddy&quot; chants throughout the game.
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At this rate, the Boston Red Sox will gladly take a day off. That's about the only way they can prevent the New York Yankees from creeping any closer.
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Thanks to David Ortiz&#39;s two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the 12th at 1:22 this morning, this baseball season isn&#39;t over just yet at Fenway Park.
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That could be all, folks. Barring a last-minute breakthrough, Curt Schilling may have thrown his last pitch in trying to help the Red Sox end their 86-year championship famine.
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The closer's mentality. It's a mind-set that isn't limited to baseball's firemen -- it applies to anyone who finds themselves down on the carpet (or in this case Nexturf), and has to drag themselves back up.
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Doug Mientkiewicz should have been so lucky. Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who is not above having a little fun, recently told a newspaper in Mississippi a story he'd first tried out weeks ago on NESN, that the ball he used to record the final out of the 2007 World Series was torn apart by his dog, Boss, a fresh ...
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Mariano Rivera had it all in his hands: the save, the sweep, the pennant. He just let it slip away. Baseball's most reliable closer blew his second lead of the postseason Sunday night, and the Boston Red Sox staved off elimination by rallying for an improbable 6-4, 12-inning victory over the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the AL championship series.
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For the second time in four years, the Red Sox will host a rolling rally Tuesday, stopping three times so closer Jonathan Papelbon can show off dance moves for Boston fans.
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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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They probably have done all they can do. As much as players on the bubble to make the roster for the Division Series may want to enhance their chances with powerful closing performances, the Red Sox almost certainly have seen all they need to see before they make their final decisions this weekend.
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The World Series ball is gone, and Jonathan Papelbon has an excuse: My dog ate it. Farfetched or not, that's what the Red Sox closer insists happened to the souvenir from the final out of Boston's sweep this year.