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Papelbon on a hot streak

By Pedro Gomez
ESPNBoston.com

Friday, October 2, 2009

BOSTON -- The next time Jonathan Papelbon takes the mound for a save at Fenway Park, think about him singing, humming or clicking to himself. Because if Fenway somehow managed to go completely silent, that's what's going on. It's almost like he's a finely-tuned machine, humming along. Which is a good analogy because that's exactly what Papelbon does when he's on the mound. He literally hums. "I do it when I'm in my motion because it's all about timing and I time it by humming, singing or c ...

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