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Bay's future is most pressing issue

By Peter Gammons
ESPNBoston.com

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

It was as if they were caught in a prevent defense, hoping to go another day against an Angels team that out-pitched, out-defensed, out-hit and out-athleticized them. In a sense, there was shock because Jonathan Papelbon hadn't allowed a postseason run in 17 previous appearances and he was one strike away with two out and none on in the ninth inning. But as the ninth inning unfolded (see box to the right), it didn't have the same shocking feel of Bobby Thomson's "shot heard 'round the world" o ...

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