CSN: New Phillies reliever Jonathan Papelbon is ready to start a new chapter to his career after seven seasons with the Red Sox.
Via AP on Fox
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February 18, 2012
Jonathan Papelbon relishes the challenge of trying to help the Philadelphia Phillies win another World Series.
Baseball's highest-paid reliever is accustomed to lofty expectations after spending seven seasons with Boston and insists a change of scenery or the $50 million, four-year contract he signed this winter shouldn't make his job with his new team any more difficult...
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February 19, 2012
"I like pressure. That what makes me tick, man. I'm excited."~Jonathan PapelbonUnder Pressure- Papelbon RemixMm ba ba deUm bum ba deUm bu bu bum da dePressure pushing down on mePressing down on Jonathan PapelbonUnder pressure - that burns deep insideTo close and inning or twoGotta put batters on their seatsUm ba ba beUm ba ba beDe day daEe day da - that's o.k.It...
Via Philly Sports Live
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February 18, 2012
Jonathan Papelbon will have a new intro song when he first takes the mound as Phillies closer at Citizens Bank Park.
“I’m Shipping up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys is gone, replaced by …
Papelbon wouldn’t say. He hinted that it would be something of the heavy metal genre. But we’ll just have to wait and see until that bullpen door swings open in the ninth inning, possibly...
Via NESN.com
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February 18, 2012
CLEARWATER, Fla. –– The memory of Robert Andino's walk-off hit in September hasn't faded. But Jonathan Papelbon –– who was charged with the loss –– isn't dwelling on the pitch to the Orioles that ended the Red Sox' season. "You've got to be able to learn from [mistakes] still and learn from the situation, but I don't sit there and think about...
Via SI.com
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February 18, 2012
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Jonathan Papelbon relishes the challenge of trying to help the Philadelphia Phillies win another World Series.
Via NESN.com
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February 18, 2012
Andrew Bailey and Jonathan Papelbon will be saving games in new uniforms this season, but the two have demonstrated an ability to lock down the ninth inning. We shouldn't expect that to change this season. And given each team's status as a World Series contender, Bailey and Papelbon should each have plenty of opportunities to rack up saves in 2012. Papelbon, who saved 31...
Via mlb.com
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February 18, 2012
Jonathan Papelbon, who signed a four-year, $50 million contract in November to be the Phillies' new closer, talked about his past in Boston, his present in Philadelphia and his future, like a potential Phillies-Red Sox World Series in October.
Via ESPN
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February 18, 2012
Jonathan Papelbon relishes the challenge of trying to help the Philadelphia Phillies win another World Series.
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February 18, 2012
Jonathan Papelbon relishes the challenge of trying to help the Philadelphia Phillies win another World Series.
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February 19, 2012
His body of work as a closer for the Red Sox had its warts, but overall you can’t deny that Jonathan Papelbon has been one of the best in baseball.
Via NESN.com
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February 19, 2012
CLEARWATER, Fla. –– The pressure of closing in Boston now shifts to Andrew Bailey. A two-time All-Star and the 2009 AL Rookie of the Year, Bailey locked down games in relative anonymity in Oakland. But his predecessor -- Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon -- said he believes Bailey is ready for the challenge of pitching in a large market. "He's going to have to play his...
Via Five Tool Tool
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February 22, 2012
With camps opening in Florida and Arizona, it's time for the by the numbers puff pieces in MLB. For Philly, that's all about Roy Halladay saving some dudes from an anaconda (um, yeesh)... and Jonathan Papelbon greeting the media and talking about the last time he took the mound, with the Red Sox's playoff lives on the line and a dome half-full of people who wanted to...
Via New York Yankees - New York Post
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February 19, 2012
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Welcome to the Other Side of Pap.
This was the friendly face, not the fierce face of determination Yankees fans have come to dislike ever since he became the Red Sox closer.
This was the friendly Jonathan Papelbon. The new and extremely rich Phillies closer heaped praise on...
Via redsox.com
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February 18, 2012
Unlike the boisterous Jonathan Papelbon, whose presence could usually be felt from well beyond 60 feet and six inches, Andrew Bailey, the man who replaces him as the Red Sox's closer, exudes a quieter confidence.
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