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Posted by Epoisses on 2007-03-23 06:32:28 +0000

Papelbon: Closer

Mixed feelings initally -- worried the kid's arm will drop off. This might just be a patch until a trade can be made for another closer, or it might be the real deal -- don't know.

It does make more sense to have Tavarez as a starter than in the bullpen, I think, based on his starts last season. Kason Gabbard has been having a hell of a spring training, too -- a fight for the fifth spot sounds good to me (and how is Snyder doing?)
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 07:15:31 +0000
Papelbon means "paper receipt" in Dutch. Um... I know nothing about baseball.
Posted by respectless on 2007-03-23 12:37:23 +0000
Correct move! Papelbon proved he can do it, and the sox have lots of options for a fifth starter, not to mention Lester will be back sometime this season. World Series!!!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 13:05:46 +0000
Pamsterdam - either watch an episode or so of Ken Burns's Baseball series or read <a href ="http://www.amazon.com/Moneyball-Art-Winning-Unfair-Game/dp/0393324818/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0553517-7687165?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174659393&sr=8-1">Moneyball</a> by Michael Lewis and you will soon be frothing at the mouth like the rest of us...
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 14:24:40 +0000
...but the players are <strong>so</strong> not hot.

Soccer players, on the other hand...
Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 14:38:30 +0000
gack. blecch. soccer.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 14:59:01 +0000
I agree to disagree, my dear. x
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-03-23 15:00:11 +0000
Agreed, it's the world's game, and it's fan-freakin-tastic.
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-03-23 15:00:48 +0000
So disappointed with this one.
What the hell is going on with Hansen?!?!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 15:07:12 +0000
Citing irreconcilable differences, I'm out.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-03-23 16:07:15 +0000
Hansen's going to do half a year in AAA and then come up to the big club with Timlin goes _back_ on the DL. He'll be doing primary relief, not closing or setup.

Hansen's future is to be a top notch setup man (Think Scot Shields) for Bryce Cox, who is our next shot as a drafted top notch closer. I think Hansen will not pan out as a closer.

Paps will be fine for one more year as a closer and then move to the rotation next year. I would prefer to have seen Schilling be moved into the closing role, as I don't give a shit about his arm falling off. I also would have liked to have seen our starting rotation have 4 guys that are under 30. (assuming Lester comes up)
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-03-23 16:09:27 +0000
This, of course, paves the way for Clemens to come back to the Sox.
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