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"If I was managing the team, I would close," [Jonathan] Papelbon said. "I'm not managing the team, so it don't matter."..."We've both earned that right; us, by winning the World Series and having the opportunity of having our manager there and our team being represented, and Mariano by what he's done for this role, we're in Yankee Stadium and blah, blah, blah," Papelbon said. "It's not that easy. Everybody thinks it's a cut and dry answer, but it's not."
(N.Y. Daily News)
Well, Jonathan Paplebon is an athlete. And I'd rather have a guy who is dumb and good than smart and crappy. So this wasn't an especially bright thing to say. He isn't paid to be bright.
I'm sorry, I know that's not a mature response to Pappleclown, (nor is callling him Pappleclown) but this guy brings out the fifth grader in me.
[shoots paper spitball at image of Paplebon on backpage of NY Daily News]
just home this evening, watched the HR Derby highlights. Holy F"#$!!! Hamilton was hitting them like Reggie..that one to the back of the black seats, just ridiculous...
seems to me he's gotta lotta John Rocker in him.
http://tiny.cc/gejMP
2 he is particularly grating, a dickweed as you say sliced
his case is really weakened by the fact that mo's numbers are otherwordly this year
After Youk said something that kind of endeared me to him, albeit very, very little, hoping that the bleacher creatures would give him, Manny and Pedroia row call. I thought that was cool of him.
But now reading Paps comments, I hope he gets hit with a line drive dead in his mouth. If "C" is for "Crazy" then call me "Crazy".
"I've always referred to [Rivera] as The Godfather," said Papelbon who spent some time with Rivera yesterday morning along with current Sox, and former Yankee, coach Gary Tuck. "He's the Godfather of the closers.
"This is what I think, of course I want to close the game out. I wouldn't be Jonathan Papelbon if I didn't want to close the game out. But at the same time, there's also things within this game I have to understand and people have to understand. It doesn't always work out that way. We owe a lot to this game, we truly do. I feel I owe a lot to this game and that's one of the things I owe to this game, to let an elder statesman go ahead of me."
C'mon, Josh. He's a dickweed regardless of the tabloid treatment.
Speaking of which:
looks like ARod handled the midge swarm pretty well yesterday.
One of the gossip sites just posted a picture of him "huddling" with Shaq at Jay-Z's 40/40 club last night. He's not hiding. He's taking it like a man.
Unless there are more unappealing revelations to come, I think the third baseman will be good to go for the rest of the show. Shit storm's blowin' over.
http://tinyurl.com/6aedlz
"I understand. My first All-Star Game, I was a church mice. "
And oh by the way, I'm in the big city for the game tonight! My Red Sox fan wife got us tickets to the game for our first anniversary last summer, so I've been waiting for this for 11 months. I didn't get any sleep last night, tossing and turning in anticipation like a little kid. I can't believe how amped I am. The city is really decked out for the festivities, it's pretty cool (though probably annoying for locals who don't care about baseball). We walked by the grand hyatt yesterday without knowing the hoopla was there - Joe Nathan was outside being mildly mobbed. He had his kid with him, who was literally crawling all over him. He looks younger in person, and my wife says even cuter. We're heading down for the parade soon, I can't believe all the HOFers - psyched to see Yogi.
Kudos to Francona for writing out the lineup without favoring his guys. Youk was cute in his comments about the roll call (never thought I'd say that). Pap being Pap.
When he comes in they should just put the clip Brett Gardner singling off him on infinite loop on the scoreboard.
Not bad.
Joakim Soria ERA+ = 292
Joe Nathan ERA+ = 348
Mariano Rivera ERA+ = 384
(Via River Ave. Blues)
"This is Jonathan Papelbon, closer of the Boston Red Sox," he said, using a reporter's tape recorder like a microphone. "Mariano Rivera will be closing the 2008 All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium.
"I'm making a statement right now, saying I don't want it, I want him to have it. I said all that earlier, but that's the way I feel about it."
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