Red Sox Need More Cowbell
Bill Simmons waxed poetic on his blog yesterday about former MSU pitcher Jon Papelbon on ESPN.com's Page2.The Red Sox, in need of a closer since...well, all year, may have found one in the rookie on Monday night.
As Simmons wrote:
"So the kid comes out for the ninth, throws two hitless innings, gets the obligatory go-ahead homer from Big Papi in the top of the 11th -- seriously, this is getting ridiculous, he's like the Dominican Roy Hobbs at this point -- then effortlessly retires the side in the bottom of the 11th for the win. Forty-five pitches, no hits, one baserunner, one strikeout."
"Can it happen with Papelbon? After watching Monday's game, I say yes. And as strange as this sounds, the 2005 Red Sox can't win the World Series without him."
posted by stateskills at
9:31 AM
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and from the SG mailbag....
Q: Jonathan Papelbon's nickname in college was "Paps." Please give him a new one. I didn't even think about an old guy when I heard it. I thought about feminine hygiene.
-- Bill Shearer, Jackson, Miss.
SG: You think I'm jeopardizing something that could potentially lead to a "Paps smears A-Rod, Sox advance to World Series" headline?
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