ChrisJames said:
I thought Big Zep said that we had to have half of the series completed before we moved on. So that would be 16.5 games (33 total games/2=16.5). So technically if we got to 16 games left that would be half of the games done.
Just adding my two cents, because I went to get my record where it should be ASAP
Shhhhhhhhhh! that was to scare people in getting games in quickly, now u messed that p dam u.. lol j/k
Yea we can go that route as well like Zep said, but there's no such thing as 16.5, so in essence we wouldnt be able to complete another league game.
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Red Sox will send Papelbon back to bullpenESPN.com news services
The Boston Red Sox didn't have to search long for Mike Timlin's replacement as closer.
Two days after announcing that the 41-year-old Timlin will start the season on the disabled list, multiple team sources told ESPN's Erin Andrews that the Red Sox have decided Jonathan Papelbon has regained the closer's job.
Papelbon had 35 saves and a 0.92 ERA last season as a closer in his rookie year, but a shoulder problem detected late in the season led the team to decide he would move to the starting rotation in 2007.
Because of Papelbon's shoulder issues, there will be restrictions on how he is used: He won't throw when he is tired and he won't appear in more than three games in a row, Andrews reports.
The news comes after manager Terry Francona announced that Timlin, who has been bothered by a strained oblique, will start the season on the DL.
Right-handers Joel Pineiro, Brendan Donnelly and Julian Tavarez were originally being considered to close games in Timlin's absence.
"Those are still the guys we're strongly looking at," Boston pitching coach John Farrell said Wednesday.
In the Boston Herald on Thursday, Papelbon voiced his willingness to return to the bullpen.
"My door is always open to better a ballclub. That's what it boils down to," Papelbon told the Herald when asked if he'd consider a return. "If it betters a ballclub, my door is open, let's talk about it, figure it out. For me, I'm going to do what's best for the team. If they go out and get somebody, or somebody finally steps up, and says, 'Hey, I want this role' ... then we go about our business, and everyone's happy.
"If not, then we've got to figure something out," he told the newspaper. "Whether I go back [to the bullpen] or whether I stay starting and wait until the All-Star break, and do something then, we'll have to see. It's not an easy decision."
