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The Roundup: Megan Fox is All Anyone Cares About
Published 5/13/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... already concede on the baseball guarantee … have rising gas prices devalued houses in the burbs? … when 64-year-old women curse on TV … We’ll get to the Cavs game later, but can you read KG’s lips here? (Waiting for Next Year) An interview with females who blog. (Baseball Digest) Does the New York Times hate the Patriots? (Pro Football Talk) Papelbon talks gambling in the bullpen. (Out in Centerfield) Athletes and food. (Best Blog in the Galaxy) Curt ...

Papelbon Teaches Japanese Craps Without Dice-K
Published 5/13/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Texas Gal (sole proprietor of OUT IN CENTER FIELD) and her crack team of commenters have recorded the single most important team-building exercise to occur on the field all season. During batting practice at Comerica Park last week, Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon took the time as a team leader to teach his fellow pitcher, Hideki Okajima , some of the finer points of the game (ironic it wasn’t Dice-K , eh?). ...

Jonathan Papelbon Wants You to Blow on His Dice
Published 5/13/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
... to Japan where some big bucks were flowing over an all-day game. Now he’s taking his role as a leader of the bullpen even further, helping his teammates with their off-field activities too. That’s the sign of a true leader. After the jump is video of the explanation, watch how enthralled Okajima is to figure it all out, he thought all this time that Papelbon had been talking about the come line he was getting hit on, now he knows! Pictures and video all from Out in Centerfield ...

Ah, The Cultural Rewards Of Major League Baseball [Reliable And Floating Crap Games]
Published 5/13/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... 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. ...

Hot Clicks: Reports say Simpson and Romo are done
Published 5/13/2008 at SI.com - Extra Mustard
... As diehard Yankees fans, we caused a stir with some co-workers last week when we said we liked Jonathon Papelbon. But this item from OutInCenterField.com shows why we can't hate Paps. He recently spent some time teaching teammate Hideki Okajima the finer points of our favorite game, craps. Papelbon even drew up a craps table in dirt. We just hope Papelbon was smart enough to tell Okajima that the real way to win money at craps is to play the "don't pass." ...

Papelbon Teaches Okajima How to Play Craps
Published 5/13/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... how to play craps, complete with a makeshift craps table drawn in the dirt, courtesy of Texas Girl from Center Field. (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 ...

Blog Patrol
Published 5/13/2008 at FanIQ Blog
You know that Kevin Garnett "League Of Clutch" ad? Uh, not so much. [Waiting For Next Year] A speedboat makes for the ultimate golf hazard. Wait, what? [SPORTSbyBROOKS] Pat Forde seems to have completely forgotten about history when he compared USC to SMU. [Rumors and Rants] Papelbon teaches Okajima how to play craps. [Center Field] Which league would have a better All Star Team if each team had a Marlins team salary limit of $22 million? AL. NL. [Simon on Sports ...

Friday Video Blowout
Published 5/16/2008 by Simon (noreply@blogger.com) at SimonOnSports
Everyone needs something to keep them occupied on Friday afternoons so the Friday Video Blowout was born. Spend your next few minutes, laughing, crying of laughter, pissing your self, whatever, but mostly wasting your companies time. Videos In Order Courtesy of Tmags, Hot Clicks, Out In Center Field, The Offside, With Leather, Walk Off Walk, 101 Great Goals, Big League Stew, Playing For Peanuts, Grand National Champs Fake Scalabrine raps are ...

For Those Who Blog We Salute You - 5/18
Published 5/18/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
High Rollers [Center Field] Top Ten Tuesdays: There’s no Way Jeter Drives a Ford [Yankees Chick] Voodoo Sabermetrics: Ken Griffey, Jr. [Babes Love Baseball] Get ready for an A-Rod/Manny hoo-hah [Red Sox Monster] Cub fan gets Jalapen-owned by Cardinals fans [Home Run Derby] Jason Varitek: He’s Just Like Us [Surviving Grady] Photo of the Day: Wagner [The 'Ropolitans] The Best Active Players Yet to Win an MVP [Ump Bump] More On The ...