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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 Moneyball 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 so 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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