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Community Projections: Closing With The Closer

By Ben Buchanan Updated
BOSTON - SEPTEMBER 05: Jonathan Papelbon #58 of the Boston Red Sox heads for the dugout after he is pulled in the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox on September 5 2010 at Fenway Park in Boston Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
BOSTON - SEPTEMBER 05: Jonathan Papelbon #58 of the Boston Red Sox heads for the dugout after he is pulled in the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox on September 5 2010 at Fenway Park in Boston Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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Time to finish off the series with...yet another let down.

Oh Jonathan Papelbon. Not a year ago, it was looking like he had rebounded. Oh, sure, the ALDS ended tragically enough thanks to his Game 3 implosion, but he actually looked pretty solid from the all-star break on.

Well, hell, second verse, same as the first. Papelbon stunk it up to start the year, and then did better to finish the year. The results, on the whole, ultimately disappointing.

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Jonathan Papelbon 5-7 65 0 0 0 37 8 67.0 57 34 29 7 28 76 3.90 1.27

K/9: 10.21

So, can you all guess the one category where nobody was even close to being close?

Yes, yes you can.

User G SV BSV ERA WHIP K/9
theartolater 57 35 5 2.96 1.30 9.70
wolf9309 72 44 3 2.16 0.89 10.10
Justin_Bobo 61 43 2 1.98 1.02 9.55
Schulz 66 38 3 1.95 1.10 10.10
Ben Buchanan 72 51 4 2.30 1.11 9.80
David Harnden 70 42 6 2.43 1.24 9.40
remembering9ergods 74 49 7 1.85 0.83 9.10
dsharp 69 42 5 2.21 1.18 10.00
RSNexile 65 40 4 2.20 1.05 10.00
jgonzalez19 77 47 5 1.98 1.15 9.60
mmmmm 72 46 4 2.20 0.90 10.60

 

With one close guess and one spot on, the win goes to RSN Exile. But that's not going to get him close to Drabidea, who takes the easy win for the season with three victories.

So, now that the bad memories are out of the way, we can move past 2010 and onto predicting 2011. Something tells me that will be a lot more fun, no?

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