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Part 8 of a 10-day series on Red Sox questions that will be answered during spring training. BOSTON -- It would have been a perfect storm for Jonathan Papelbon, to become a free agent just as Mariano Rivera's unparalleled career as Yankees closer ...

CHICAGO -- Maybe this was widely reported at the time and my memory is doing a slow fade. But did you know that no one before Dave Roberts had ever stolen a base successfully against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in the postseason? I was inspired ...

NEW YORK -- Torrential rains just arrived in the Bronx, where the start of Saturday afternoon's game between the Yankees and Red Sox already was in a delay. In the meantime, a few injury updates: --Closer Andrew Bailey is scheduled to throw in ...

DETROIT -- Alfredo Aceves, the former Yankee castoff who had a splendid bounce-back season in 2011 with the Red Sox, will open the season as the Sox closer, manager Bobby Valentine announced Wednesday. Aceves, who has four career saves, including ...

Alfredo Aceves, the former Yankee castoff who had a bounce-back season in 2011 with the Red Sox, will open the season as Boston's closer, manager Bobby Valentine announced Wednesday.

NEW YORK -- Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon never got a call during Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Yankees, giving him an extra day to recover from what was hardly an easy save the night before. Papelbon was tested by Derek Jeter's 12-pitch at-bat, o...

Although he's not an All-Star, Jonathan Papelbon is pleased with where he is.