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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Abraham: Inside the American League clubhouse

It’s strange seeing Big Papi in Jorge Posada’s locker. Or Roy Halladay holding court where Mike Mussina usually does. Johnny Damon is gone and Kevin Youkilis is there in his place.

Ichiro Suzuki asked for his locker to be between two former teammates, George Sherrill and Carlos Guillen. Ichiro, they said, is one of the best teammates they’ve ever had. “People have no idea,” Sherrill said.

Michael Young is right next to Derek Jeter. Joakim Soria was busy getting a jersey autographed by Mariano Rivera. “My hero,” he said.

Yankees clubhouse manager Rob Cucuzza said how impressed he was with the Red Sox players. A few of them asked to see Thurman Munson’s locker. “Those guys and Terry (Francona) have been incredibly respectful,” he said. “I didn’t really know them before this and they’ve been great.”

Then we have Jonathan Papelbon, who is wearing a sleeveless blue t-shirt with a drawing of a hand making an obscene gesture. Yes, that obscene gesture.

Classy.

Best Regards, Larry M. Posted: July 15, 2008 at 09:09 PM | 12 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Josh Posted: July 15, 2008 at 11:33 PM (#2857569)

The other side.

2. Social media assassin (Templeusox) Posted: July 15, 2008 at 11:39 PM (#2857574)

Indecency in a baseball clubhouse!?!? Never. Hide the children.

3. Best Regards, Larry M. Posted: July 15, 2008 at 11:42 PM (#2857579)

The other side.

FTA: “It just kind of (ticks) me off because if that gets (expletive) written and I’m riding in a (expletive) parade today with my wife (Ashley), so she doesn’t feel safe because some (expletive) from the Daily News says I want to close the game and that ain’t true,” he said. “See what Im saying?”

Yeah, they totally made up that part where you said you wanted to close the game.

4. Crispix Attacks Posted: July 15, 2008 at 11:44 PM (#2857587)

I was hoping the link in comment#1 included a video of Papelbon actually firing a fastball at a copy of the newspaper.

5. Rough Carrigan

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 01:29 AM (#2858195)

Heavens, Larry. How dare an athlete express confidence or bravado! Seven or eight years ago, yankee fans would have been interested in the AL winning and getting home field advantage for the World Series. Now, they're desperately concerned over whether proper genuflecting was given to Mariano Rivera. BFD.

6. Bruce Markusen Posted: July 16, 2008 at 01:37 AM (#2858240)

Francona has always impressed me with his class. He has always carried himself like a gentleman.

Papelbon--not so much.

7. xbhaskarx Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:02 AM (#2860906)

Papelbon is a bit of a d-bag, this is not the first piece of evidence and it won't be the last.

8. Rough Carrigan

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 02:57 PM (#2861195)

Papelbon's not very bright. NESN had a clip of him in the back of some limo with Beckett and another player and Papelbon said something at which Beckett rolled his eyes and said something like "That's the value of a Mississippi State degree for you" (or whatever college Papelbon had attended). He's going to commit lots of faux pas in his career. But the yankee fan outrage is a bit silly.

9. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:04 PM (#2861205)

Be it duly noted that not all Yankee fans care about something that Papelbon said, especially taken out of context. He wasn't disrespecting Rivera at all.

10. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:06 PM (#2861212)

If Papelbon were pitching in New York, he'd be beloved. Baseball needs more goofuses, not fewer.

11. Big Train Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:07 PM (#2861214)

Francona did some nice things for the Yankees in the game. I appreciate that, and I said so in the IRC chatter.

I was not "worked into a lather" at all.

12. Cowboy Popup Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:12 PM (#2861223)

But the yankee fan outrage is a bit silly.

I still like Papelbon. He's really, really fun to watch pitch because he's genuinely great. And he doesn't do all that well against the Yanks. But he's my third favorite relief pitcher to watch pitch (bumped from second by Edwar). So, uh, no outrage here.

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