Jonathan Papelbon News

Now, I am sure when most people read the title to this post, they thought I was crazy.

A leadoff walk. A single. A ballistic missile of a fly ball. Another single. A visit from the pitching coach.

Jonathan Papelbon got another save, but it didn't look right. It used to look easy, overpowering.

A small slice of satisfaction can be had from making Boston Red Sox All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon sweat out a ninth inning like Wednesday's. But for the A's, their final rally simply summed up an entire game spent making a little out of a lot.

Boston Red Sox fans knew it was coming, and Wednesday afternoon it did - Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon earned his 133rd career save and passed former sinkerball specialist Bob Stanley on the team's all-time list.

Jason Varitek finished 2-for-4 with two RBI as Boston topped Oakland, 5-2, in the middle contest of a three-game set at Fenway Park.

As befits the team with the best record in the American League, the Red Sox will send six players - more than any team in either league - to the 80th All-Star Game next week in St.

Posted by Christine E. at 4:45 pm in Baseball , Random Thoughts , Red Sox HolyBucketsIt was pretty tough going there for a while-when I checked the score around 3:00, they Sox were down 5-1 and I was thinking "Oh Crap, they are going to lose AGAIN to this crappy team?" But then when I looked at about 4:30, I saw that they had tied it, and the game ...

The All-Star reserves are being announced, and the news is good for Tim Wakefield and a number of other Red Sox.

Any savvy shopper knows that there are bargains and then there are bargains . Fifteen "I NY" T-shirts for five bucks at a Times Square kiosk? bargain.

Despite his best intentions - and you better believe he was trying to hit a double to complete his first career cycle - Drew bounced a changeup to Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts.

I hate the Yankees . One of the few things I hate more than the Yankees is the Save.

In just his fourth season as the Red Sox closer, Jonathan Papelbon has already made a place for himself in the Sox' record book.

Jon Lester was dominating and Jonathan Papelbon tied a franchise record as the Boston Red Sox blanked the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 Monday night at the start of a three-game series.

BOSTON: The Red Sox Foundation today released a list of unique auction items available at the 2009 Picnic in the Park presented by Ace Ticket.

Nick Markakis hit a two-run double off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon to complete the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history, an 11-10 win Tuesday night before a mixture of delirious hometown fans and stunned Red Sox backers.

Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings, J.D. Drew came within a double of hitting for the cycle, and the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Monday night.

Jonathan Papelbon was walking down the hall in the team's hotel here late Sunday night when teammate Dustin Pedroia came running out of his room.

In the bottom of the seventh inning last night at Turner Field, the Red Sox [ team stats ] ' media relations folks ladled out this little tidbit: The last time a Sox pitcher submitted back-to-back, complete-game shutouts was in May of 1992, when Roger Clemens blanked the Kansas City Royals and California Angels.

Mark Kotsay drove in the game's only run with a sixth-inning single. Wakefield came up with a performance worthy of the day he tied Roger Clemens' record for the most career starts by a Red Sox pitcher at 382.