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    Weren't you in the top 5 too? (It's a joke by the way) About 'tuff and grit right? The makings of a productive ballplayer. The "dirtdogness" factor right?
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    Experience on what? Are you a player evaluator or something? Common sense dictates that examples like BJ Ryan, Brad Lidge (similar track record to Papelbon), Joe Nathan (better track record than Papelbon), Francisco Rodriguez (similar track record, younger than Papelbon) that injuries/decline for relief pitchers can happen at any given moment. What makes Papelbon immune to those problems over the length of a four year contract? You didn't answer those questions, and came back with a lame, cop-out style answer.
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    And you know that how? Do you have some sort of crystal ball, or some type of actual analysis to back this up? History tells us that every long-term, high-dollar contract for a reliever not named Mariano Rivera has been a bust. Hanging harder from Papelbon's jock strap will not change the fact that relievers are fickle.
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    You mean like the 2011 Cardinals with Jason Motte, 2002 Angels with a rookie K-Rod, 2005 White Sox with a rookie Bobby Jenks, 2006 Cardinals with a broken-down Jason Ishringhausen or the 2003 Marlins with the "electric" Braden Looper? Look, a good closer is a necessity for a contending team, but the Sox clearly have options. The sky is not falling (yet).
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    Then if two years from now he breaks down (as relievers tend to do), you turn around and call the FO a bunch of idiots. Beauty of being a fan i guess.
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    But this is pretty much my point. Look, if you want them to stop handing out stupid contracts, you need to take the good with the bad. First off, as good as Papelbon is, going for so many years with a reliever for so much money has never panned out for any team except the Yankees. You know as well as i do that as good as his 2011 was, he's probably never going back to his 2006/07 heyday. Paying him like he is is paying for past performance. Again, relievers are fickle. And second, while this team is not a small-market team, they have handed out enough stupid contracts to the point where they need to be careful where to invest if they want to field a competitive team for 2012. If they let go of Papelbon then turn around and re-sign Ortiz, then you'll be absolutely right on their idiocy. If they allocate that money on pitching and balance out the roster, then it's a whole different ballgame.
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    Don't lump me in with the crispy chicken crew.
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    This is ********. Consistency from relievers is about as rare as a blonde with fake tits that's not looking for a sugar daddy. I bet most of you proclaiming Papelbon to be the savior of the pen were calling for his head in 2010. One of those instances of inconsistency from a reliever.
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    That's exactly what i'm doing, because if he sucks up the joint (like relievers tend to do) you'll be lumping him with those other contracts and bumping your chest about how you didn't want them to sign him in the first place. It's the beauty of being a fan: You get to be irrational and illogical. Don't sign him, bitch. Sign him, bitch. Win-win situation.
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    No reliever "deserves" a 50 million contract or long-term commitment.
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    So you want them to keep handing out contracts like the one you just mentioned? *head explodes*
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    lol @ 50 million for a reliever being reasonable. lol.
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    If Papelbon stinks up the joint next year, i wonder how the fans bitching about his departure are going to rationalize it?
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    So you would commit to a long-term contract on a relief pitcher, but not on a 200-ip a year starter?
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    Lots of short-term memories here. People seem to be forgetting about this guy, this guy, and this guy. How'd those contracts turn out?
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    He pretty much said they weren't going to commit that amount of money or years on a reliever and i don't blame them. Hey iortiz, weren't you just a couple of posts ago saying that you weren't ready to commit big years/dollars on a pitcher, yet are surprised they didn't sign Papelbon? Which is it?
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    Cherington said so himself, but RSN needs to blame someone.
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    He seems intent on re-signing Ortiz in his comments, which makes absolutely no sense.
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