Papelbon Fined For Slow Play

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Major League Baseball has fined Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon for slow play.

Papelbon said on Friday that he had been warned about taking too long to deliver his first pitch upon entering games from the bullpen.

A newspaper in Massachusetts reported that the fine was $1,000, and that Papelbon was the first player to be fined this season for such an infraction.

Via ESPN

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