Ah, The Cultural Rewards Of Major League Baseball [Reliable And Floating Crap Games]

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 Ah, The Cultural Rewards Of Major League Baseball [Reliable And Floating Crap Games]
The life of a Japanese player, when assimilated into a Major League Baseball clubhouse, can be difficult. You have to learn parts of other languages, deal with cultural differences you hadn't anticipated and, mostly, deal with the odd duck that is Jonathan Papelbon . When the Red Sox were in Detroit recently, a fan spotted Papelbon explaining the rules of craps to Hideki Okajima . The ... [link]

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Papelbon Teaches Okajima How to Play Craps
Published 5/13/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... . (The "table" is a little hard to see from the video, but if you can see some up close pictures if you click through.) It's worth mentioning that Comerica Park is a stone's throw from three downtown Detroit casinos, not to mention another one across the river in Windsor -- I'm guessing Boston's bullpen took a little field trip during last week's four-game stay in Detroit. (via Deadspin) ...

Links: Greg Maddux Scouting Reports, Past and Present; Papi and Francona Have BEEF; Jon Papelbon Teaches Hideki Okajima How to Play Craps (In the Warning Track); Paul Depodesta on PETCO and More!
Published 5/13/2008 by Alan Hull at Baseball Mastermind
... Dog.” Here is a scouting report on Maddux today. But what’s more interesting is a scouting report of Maddux from his prep days here and here. (Sports Illustrated) ———————————– Big Papi has pushed Terry Francona one too many times. (Babes Love Baseball) ———————————– Jon Papelbon teaches Hideki Okajima how to play craps in the warning track dirt. ( ...

No, Andruw will not hit .360-something after the break
Published 6/2/2008 at Roto Arcade
... You'd like to think that Jonathan Papelbon eventaully got around to explaining the gambler's fallacy to Hideki Okajima during this animated tutorial: ...

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LINKS: Big Papi and Francona Have BEEF, Jon Papelbon Teaches Hideki Okajima How to Play Craps (In the Warning Track) and More!

Some sweet links: 1) Greg Maddux scouting report from today and from his prep days. 2) Big Papi and Terry Francona are going to throw down?!? 3) Jon Papelbon teaches Hideki Okajima how to play craps...in the warning track dirt. 4) Paul DePodesta talks about the effects of PETCO park on SD Padres. 5) Top-10 high school hitters in the amateur draft. 6) Eric Gagne and Jason ...
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