Comments on: The Red Sox Closer Search http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/12/the-red-sox-closer-search/ News and commentary on the world of sports. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Rope-a-Dope Confirmed? » OTB Sports http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/12/the-red-sox-closer-search/comment-page-1/#comment-196751 Rope-a-Dope Confirmed? » OTB Sports Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:10:42 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/12/the-red-sox-closer-search/#comment-196751 [...] About two months ago, I posted an opinion that the Red Sox closer search was a lot of smoke and mirrors to distract the rest of the league from the Red Sox true needs. I called this the rope-a-dope strategy. It appears your not so humble correspondent may have been onto something. In an interview with the Globe’s Gordon Edes that will air on NESN tomorrow night, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein hinted for the first time that Jonathan Papelbon remains an option to be the team’s closer this season, which would suggest that the medical staff likes how Papelbon’s shoulder has reacted this week. And during their meeting with the media, owner John Henry and Tom Werner seemed even more confident that a decision had been reached. [...]

]]> By: Travis G. http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/12/the-red-sox-closer-search/comment-page-1/#comment-39312 Travis G. Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:45:39 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/12/the-red-sox-closer-search/#comment-39312 Interesting take. I still think the Sawx want a real closer. Getting Matsuzaka makes it easier to move Papelbon back to the pen. But if he stays in the rotation, i think they want a bonafide closer for the year, and i dont see Timlin or Schilling fitting that role. Look at the Arroyo trade. Even when you think you have too much pitching, you dont. The way this off-season’s been going, we could find out tomorrow the Sawx have traded for Mike Gonzalez.

btw, is this the Yanks blog?

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