"The divorce was supposed to be neat and clean, no hard feelings, no TMZ scandals. They had some good years together: four trips to the postseason, four All-Star appearances, one World Series championship, and hundreds of consecutive sellout crowds that rocked Fenway Park every time he burst out of the bullpen to "I'm Shipping Up to Boston."

And who ever will forget the good times? The Bud Light box on the head, the Irish jig, the primal scream and crazed facial expression that punctuated all the big saves that Jonathan Papelbon recorded in his Red Sox career. He had 218 of them heading into last night's game in Baltimore. In almost 400 appearances for the Sox, Papelbon's ERA is 2.27. He has pitched 10 times in the AL Championship Series and World Series. He never has given up a run."