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The American League champion Red Sox employ a more traditional closer in young fireball Jonathan Papelbon.
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That means the Red Sox played 96% of their baseball while Papelbon snoozed out in the bullpen.
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Cervelli, bidding to be the Yankees' starting catcher, finished with two hits and drew a walk from Papelbon.
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Put aside the fact that Papelbon, about to turn 31, is three years removed from his last true lights-out season.
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Closer Jonathan Papelbon allowed two runs coming on a double by Addison Maruszak and two hits in the fifth.
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Even top closers like Mariano Rivera and Jonathan Papelbon have consistently put up better career stats in save situations than in non-save situations over the years.
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The four Sox relievers who pitched at least 50 innings this year--Papelbon, Mike Timlin, Hideki Okajima and Kyle Snyder--registered a major league best 2.75 bullpen earned-run average.
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As good as Papelbon is (1.83 ERA, 84 strikeouts in '07), consider that he pitched 59 innings all season, out of nearly 1, 500 innings the team played over 162 games.
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