Ryne Sandberg and Jonathan Papelbon haven't had the best relationship thus far and the two clashed again last week.

Sandberg wanted Papelbon to pitch three straight days for the Philadelphia Phillies, but the closer said he was too sore.

"We need a closer that can go three games in a row and close three games, no question about that," Sandberg said. "He was up and down a couple times on Friday and that's just normal baseball stuff. Then he had seven pitches and 14 pitches. So I need him to go out that third day and be our closer in a series like that, in any scenario like that."