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Francona vs. Big Papi: Who you got?
babeslovebaseball.com - 5/12/2008
Francona vs. Big Papi: Who you got?
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It's a classic story. Manager does interview. Player clowns around in the background. Manager threatens to kick player's ass. Even better when the manager is Terry Francona and the player is David Ortiz. The magic happens at the end of the interview. I seriously think Francona could take him.

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AwfulAnnouncing:  Terry Francona Threatens To Kick Some A** During ESPN Sunday Night Baseball

SOX & Dawgs:  Big Papi The Practical Joker

Hail Mary Jane:  Francona vs Ortiz: Lets get ready to rumble

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Terry Francona Threatens To Kick Some A** During ESPN Sunday Night Baseball
AwfulAnnouncing — OMDQ mentioned this in the open thread, and I thought I'd give the interview it's own post. Here is David Ortiz hamming it up behind Terry Francona as he chats with Jon and Joe.... I feel like I've seen this go down before with these two but I could be wrong. Anyway it's still pretty entertaining. Francona vs. Big Papi: Who you got? (BLB)

Big Papi The Practical Joker
SOX & Dawgs — We saw it happen earlier in the year when Bobby Kielty had some fun with Jacoby Ellsbury during an interview on ESPN. Now Big Papi is having some fun with Boston Red Sox skipper Terry Francona during last night’s game against the Twins. IE users click here to watch (Please open the article to see the flash file or player.) Now that’s a fight I’d love to see.

Francona vs Ortiz: Lets get ready to rumble
Hail Mary Jane — ... the Manager is Terry Francona. I know they call him big papi but I wouldn’t mess with Terry. Something about his demeanor just yells, “fuck with me and i’ll kill you.” The sparks start flying towards the end of the video. Who do you guys got in the fight? Thanks to the Babes for puttin me up on this one. Tags: big papi, terry francona, ...

WORLD OF ISAAC LINKS
The World of Isaac — The roundup and links section of the blog will more than likely move to lunchtime. Feel free to send me links at any time during the day. That's a mean Left Hook {on205th} Pam Anderson throws out first pitch at Dodgers game {Busted Coverage} Spurs in 7 {With-Malice} What happened to Tony Gwynn {PartMule} Francona is going to kick Ortiz' ass {Babes Love Baseball} OJ Mayo had his hand in the cookie jar {ESPN}

Big Papi pranks Tito
Red Sox Monster — Seriously, at some point, people are going to begin to realize that you can't put a TV camera in the Red Sox dugout and expect everyone to act like they're sitting in a library. Your latest example of shenanigans, courtesy Sox & Dawgs and Babes Love Baseball : For the record, you can add that to a list that now also includes the lurking Bobby Kielty messing with Jacoby Ellsbury . Francona may want to start by working on Kielty, rather than going after Big Papi.

Big Papi pranks Tito
The Bottom Line — David Ortiz had some fun at Terry Francona's expense last night during the ESPN interview... The Sox play the Twins on ESPN again tonight, so keep an eye out for more shenanigans... Thanks to Red Sox Monster for the video. Babes Love Baseball also have the video and want to know who you'd bet on if Tito and Big Papi squared off. Perhaps we'll see the battle of bum knees during tonight's interview...

Weekend Tube Review: Enough, Van Gundy
The Sporting Blog — ... NBA Playoffs, but Van Gundy's act is growing old. Baseball: It's pretty hard to find good videos or soundbytes from a weekend when Joe Buck or Tim McCarver isn't involved, but this should do the trick. One of the more en vogue ideas that has flooded sports over the past few years has been the in-game coach interview. ESPN does this with each manager during Sunday Night Baseball, and if you're the subject of the interview you should always be wary of what's going on behind you. (H/T: Babes Love Baseball .) A Six Pack of Joe Morgan Quotes From Sunday Night Baseball:"[Ortiz] ...

HHR Hugs It Out [5.12.08]
Hugging Harold Reynolds — Tito Will Kick Papi's Ass (Babes Love Baseball) RIP Starting Pitching (Legend of Cecilio Guante) Video: In which even Red Sox fans can't root for the Red Sox fan (Red Sox Monster) Bobby Jenks Has a Great Rack (Bugs & Cranks/Meech) Dick Trickle All-Stars (Big League Stew) Must Read: 14 Annoying Tailgaters (Tailgating Ideas via 3 Idiots on Sports) Today on Gem Mint Ten: He's LaCock of the Walk Baby: Former MLBer's Pete ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Epic Carnival — San Antonio flipped the script in Game Four. (Empty The Bench) Spurs will win in 7. (With Malice...) Now that Andrei has won two, he's really pumped up! (The Play in CA) A drunk dunk contest? (Docksquad) Francona threatens to kick Ortiz's ass. (Babes Love Baseball) RIP, starting pitching. (The Legend of Cecilio Guante) Why Hanley? Why? (I'm Writing Sports) Sox fan beaten with bat, probably has it coming. (Red Sox Monster) The Obama State University. (Waiting For Next Year) Gisele can't catch: ...

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!
Baseball Mastermind — Greg Maddux wins his 350th career game. Congrats to “Mad 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 ...

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Sox Video Roundup — Center Field
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David Ortiz Joking Around Behind Terry Francona's back - Video — D Wizzle's World
This is a pretty funny clip of ESPN interviewing Red Sox manager, Terry Francona, during the game against the Twins last Sunday evening.
Ortiz plays the clown, Francona the bad ass — Fire Brand of the American League
Just another Joe Morgan interview with a manager…that is until Big Papi steps in. Watch Papi as the clip goes on. You can see him holding himself back at first, and then he can’t resist himself.
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Ortiz back in — Extra Bases
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