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Red Sox closer says he knows the score this season but is feeling confident

Updated: February 8, 2011, 2:33 AM ET
By Gordon Edes | ESPNBoston.com

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- He is in his free-agent year, which already makes this season unlike any other that has preceded it.

He is coming off his worst season, one in which he blew eight saves, most in the American League.

He will no longer be the only closer in town with a World Series ring when camp opens on Sunday, the Red Sox having signed Bobby Jenks over the winter.

He was pretty much shocked into laughter when he heard the Sox had tried to sign his idol, Mariano ...

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