Julian Tavarez logical candidate for Red Sox closer--Cafardo

Noting he has the 'mind set,' and was Pittsburgh's closer at one time, the Globe's Nick Cafardo says,

• "It appears that Tavarez will get the greatest opportunity to take the job. Throughout his career, his stuff has been at times unhittable. Yet last season he was relegated to mop-up duty before the Sox used him in the rotation late in the season. Tavarez seemed to have a ball as a starter. He was happy again, thriving. Would he be the same if he's given the closer job? He does, after all, thrive on adrenaline. He seems to get up for situations in which the team needs him."

from the Boston Globe, 12/31/06 P.S. Isn't "mind-set" an intangible?

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