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Mediocre? LOL! SV% above 90+ is not mediocre by any means for a closer. He is paid to save games, and he has been doing that so very well since he left Boston. Plain and simple. How he gets the saves is irrelevant --- and still his metrics are very solid. It doesn't matter how hard you hate Pap or how hard you try to dodge the fact that he is still at great level with semantics. He is still very good, period.
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Finally, great win!
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Alright I got it now LOL!
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What do you mean with this man? My mlb.tv transmission is way delayed LOL!
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lol!
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He was not hit, it was foul.
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Everyone here concurs that he is still a great closer. You are the only one here who doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good argument. Also, Did Pap steal your lunch money when you were a kid? Somehow you just can't stop bitching about him. Let it go and accept it. He is still a great closer.
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Which facts? That Papelbon is still closing at great level? or that Koji is getting old and is not longer reliable?
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Buchholz warming up LOL!
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How many full season does Koji have under his belt as closer? 2? The comparison is silly. When he arrived to Boston, he was not even a closer. In fact in 2013 he was not supposed to be our closer. I remember that they even were in talks to get Papelbon back among others since Bailey and Hanrahan sucked badly. In the meantime they gave a chance to Taz but did not wok out. They also gave a chance to Aceves and did not work either, and then they tried with Koji and the rest is history. Koji was way outstanding and no one in earth saw that coming in 2013. Since then he has not been the same and was expected, he is getting old. This year is older and is not sharp as he used to be. Said that I love what Koji gave us but trying to compare him with one of the best closers of all times is simply unfair and ridiculous just because he had one outstanding year as closer.
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now, the 1,000,000 question, can we hold the lead?
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Actually you are right, he is 2.9 ERA in the last month.
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I'm surprised Dickey has not been destroyed already.
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It is stupid since Koji is not a closer anymore and Pap is still a very good one... but seriously stop it already. if you want to keep beating this dead horse, be my guest, but do it in the the official dead horse topics thread.
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This is why I called that he was/is driving in Mo's highway, a TM BTW LOL! Most people in this board concur in what you are saying in recent posts. U? just started another storm s*** as usual regarding Papelbon --seems like the dead horse thread is not enough--, just because I concurred with you that we need another SP and a solid/young reliever because Kelly and Buch suck and Koji is old and no longer reliable --- which is a fact.
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LOL! I'm not managing a hatred campaign as you do with Pap. I don't hate Koji and Taz by any means. I'm not callig him Kojiblows as you guys do with Pap. I'm only pointing out the fact that he is old and is not reliable anymore, reason why we need an extra young/solid set up reliever, who can help both Taz and Koji.
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Seriously man, stop it. Your hate for Papelbon is getting ridiculous.
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Yup. This what I said in the game thread. We need a young reliable arm. Koji is getting old and is not reliable anymore.
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It's called collaterals. They tried to replace consistency and durability so hard--allstar closer production--to the point that they had to spend big bucks and give up value in the process.
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The umps suck but we were 8-4 in the 8th man. And then in the 9th we got the lead and again we blew it. Farrel never, ever should have allowed Tazawa stay in the 8th that long. He sucks against TOR. Then Kimbrel couldn't hold it in the 8th and in the ninth was not sharp. Tomorrow we will destroy Dickey. Time to move on.
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And he is probably going to face them again... and some against NY, BAL and TB who are potent at offense. This is the ALE, isn't it? He has improved this year, but he is going to be around 4 at the end of the year, though.
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Well, a team like the RM is always favored by the referees just as the Yankees. This time, AM just do not know how to win, just like my Sox today..
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Kimberly blows another save. This pitching staff sucks, badly.
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I have broadcast dely. Seems like Papi went yard LOL!. BTW Atletico de Madrid just tied the game. Everything is great again now. LOL!
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He has always sucked against TOR. But yeah this is on Farrell.
