Papelbon said he’d been part of that type of scenario himself. The former closer said that then-manager Terry Francona told him to throw at Manny Ramirez after the slugger had been traded to the Chicago White Sox in 2010.

Of course, the Red Sox asking Devers to play first base was where things went completely south. He was already upset about their poor communication about moving him from third bas

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