FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox and closer Jonathan Papelbon agreed Thursday to a $775,000, one-year contract, nearly doubling his salary. Full Article at Sports Illustrated
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I feel a certain obligation not only to myself and my family to make the money that I deserve but for the game of baseball ... Mariano Rivera has been doing it for the past 10 years and with me coming up behind him I feel a certain obligation to do the same.
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I don't think any team wants to renew guys ... It just doesn't look good. I didn't want to renew, either. I want to help this organization look good and I want to help this organization go out there and win championships.
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If it was a game situation I would probably play ... but it's not. It's spring training.
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Where in the museum it goes is truly something that our curators will determine
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I'm pleased because I feel like I was able to somewhat set a precedent for pitchers to come
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I'm pleased because I feel like I was able to somewhat set a precedent for pitchers to come ... That was definitely one of my goals. I felt like the Red Sox were on board with me to do that. Now it's something I don't have to worry about and we can just move forward. I feel like the Red Sox were fair an...
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Unless it's something that is very inviting, I don't think that I'll really take anything into consideration ... I'm going to go out and play this year. More than likely, we'll figure that out at the end of the year.
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I think it's a reflection that our structure for [pre-arbitration] players is fair and that, ultimately, the players felt the same way ... We tend to be generous within reason to our players, try to reward them for service time and performance, get these things done.
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I feel a certain obligation not only to myself and my family to make the money that I deserve but for the game of baseball
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That was definitely one of my goals. I felt like the Red Sox were on board with me to do that. Now it's something I don't have to worry about and we can just move forward. I feel like the Red Sox were fair and I felt like I was fair.
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