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Thursday | BleacherReport

Boston Red Sox Rumors: Latest News Surrounding the Team

The Boston Red Sox continue to surpass expectations, and it is getting close to the point where we can realistically call them playoff contenders.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players

Sun May 19, 2013

Rant Sports

Have the Boston Red Sox Seen the Last of Daniel Bard?

The decline of one of the most promising pitchers in recent Red Sox history has been epic.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Daniel Bard, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Alfredo Aceves

Thu May 16, 2013

Over The Monster

Daniel Bard walks five, sinks further, Juan Nieves concerned

Daniel Bard walked five batters on Wednesday night in a Double-A game. He is now walking roughly three times as many batters as he is striking out, with 17 walks against six punch outs in 12-2/3 innings.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox

Rant Sports

Joel Hanrahan Trade is Officially a Bust for Boston Red Sox

Very rarely can you determine the winner of a baseball trade after five months or call a trade a bust in such a short period of time.

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Related Topix: Sports, Joel Hanrahan, Baseball Players, Alfredo Aceves

Wed May 15, 2013

BoSox Injection

Shipping Back Up to Boston: Could Papelbon Solve Bullpen Woes?

As Paul Prims wrote here , the Sox bullpen is in a state of flux, filled with injury, inexperience and inconsistency.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, American League East, Boston Red Sox, Joel Hanrahan, Baseball Players, Andrew Bailey

Tue May 14, 2013

SouthCoastToday.com

Hopefully, Monday A Needed Reset

From 20-8 to 2-8. And if not for a gritty comeback and a pitching masterpiece, that latter stretch would be something really ugly.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, American League Central, Major League Baseball, Matt Moore, Baseball Players

Over The Monster

Jonathan Papelbon: Should've kept?

With the Red Sox suffering through a frustrating slide and the bullpen being bit by the injury bug, there has been some retroactive second-guessing of the decision to let Jonathan Papelbon walk.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Jose Iglesias, American League, Major League Baseball, Alfredo Aceves, Junichi Tazawa, Boston Red Sox

Mon May 13, 2013

Sports Network

Closing time

When Andy Bernard became manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, he decided it was time for a change.

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Related Topix: Sports, Justin Verlander, Baseball Players, Don Kelly, Ryan Howard, Daniel Bard, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox

Boston.com

Chad FinnTime for Red Sox to make corrections

At the end of April, the Red Sox were in first place at 18-8, which projects to a 112-win pace over a full 162-game season.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, American League East, Matt Moore, Baseball Players, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey

Lowell Sun

Mariano Rivera: A career to be savored, even if you hate the Yankees

Mariano Rivera is 15-for-15 in save opportunities in what he's said will be his last season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mariano Rivera, Tim Wakefield, Tom Gordon, Keith Foulke, Alfredo Aceves

BleacherReport

Boston Red Sox Should Trade for Closer Jonathan Papelbon

Definately not the way I wanted my time here with the Red Sox to go, hopefully ill get a chance to show #RSN the real pitcher I am someday The Red Sox have suddenly gone from having one of the deepest bullpens in baseball to having a big question mark there.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, American League East, Baseball Players, Boston Red Sox, National League, National League East, Roy Halladay

Sun May 12, 2013

TSN.ca

Phillies complete comeback win over Diamondbacks

Ryan Howard looped a two-run single to right field in the 10th inning after Philadelphia scored twice in the ninth to tie it, lifting the Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Domonic Brown, Ryan Howard, Baseball Players, Justin De Fratus, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley

Boston Herald

Borges: Sox paying for ill-fated closer decision

If timing is everything in life, Junichi Tazawa's could not have been worse than it was yesterday, when he gave up a game-winning, solo home run to Toronto's Adam Lind in the top of the ninth of a 2-2 game, blowing another strong effort by Clay Buchholz and coming only a few hours after the Sox' original closer, Joel Hanrahan, announced he was done ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Junichi Tazawa, Adam Lind, Clay Buchholz, Opinion

Surviving Grady

Who Are The 2013 Red Sox?

Just a week ago, all the talk was "best record in baseball" and everything that goes with it.

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Related Topix: Sports

Boston.com

Dan Shaughnessy For Red Sox, another quiet day at Fenway

Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks, who went 2 for 4, breaks his bat while grounding out in the seventh inning.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Will Middlebrooks, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Junichi Tazawa, Adam Lind

Sat May 11, 2013

UnionLeader.com

Vin Sylvia: Enigmatic B's, promising Sea Dogs

This is a maddening Bruins team - likable in so many ways, and yet frustrating in its inability or unwillingness to sustain its intensity, its focus.

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Marathon, Sports, Baseball Players, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz

Boston.com

The rising cost of replacing Jonathan Papelbon

Papelbon has been, well, Papelbon since he left Boston. He has appeared in 83 games and has a 2.28 ERA with 100 strikeouts in 83 innings.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Josh Reddick, Stolmy Pimentel, Daniel Bard, Bobby Jenks, Andrew Bailey

Fri May 10, 2013

Rant Sports

Jonathan Papelbon To Boston Red Sox: Miss Me Yet?

The failure to pay the dependable closer after the 2011 season looks worse every day.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Mark Melancon

Tue May 07, 2013

BleacherReport

Can the Boston Red Sox Bullpen Survive Without a Proven Closer?

The Boston Red Sox got off to a terrific start, with the best record in baseball through the first month of the season at 18-8. However, issues in the bullpen could pose a major problem moving forward, as the closer position appears to be up in the air.

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Related Topix: Sports, Daniel Bard, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox

Thu May 02, 2013

BleacherReport

Ranking the Top 10 Closer/Setup Man Combos in MLB

Having reliable pitchers to insert into the eighth and ninth innings of a close game is essential for Major League Baseball teams that have World Series hopes.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Andrew Bailey, Sergio Romo, Ryan Cook, J.J. Putz, David Hernandez