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Papelbon says ASG closer not 'cut and dry' then changes mind
Published 7/14/2008 by 'Duk at Big League Stew
The All-Star media cattle call at the Grand Hyatt is over and I've finally found a free moment to post ... while sitting in the loge section in right field at Yankee Stadium and watching the American League go through their workout. Plenty of good video to share with clips ranging from Brian Wilson talking about the cheap jewelry he makes to my campaign to crusade against the evil hip-bump. However, I have almost no video of Alex Rodriguez answering questions about Madonna, what with my intense fear of dying from suffocation and/or a television camera wielded as a bludgeon. But to start things off,  here's something, you know, ...

Jonathan Papelbon Reluctantly Agrees With 99.999% of World
Published 7/14/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
Red Sox closer and dancing white person Jonathan Papelbon made some waves at the pre-All Star game interview session by openly questioning the certitude that the AL's manager Terry Francona would finger Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning of the ASG. Here's video proof from our pal 'Duk at Big League Stew: Whoops! It's not 'cut and dry' that Francona will go with the best closer in the history of baseball? Really, Jonny Paps? Really? I guess he saw the error of his ways after the media session was over; he pulled aside a Boston beat writer to make some additional ...

Papelbon almost ready to step aside for "Godfather of closers"... almost
Published 7/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Bottomline) at The Bottom Line
If you didn't already hear, the All-Star Game is being held in Yankee Stadium this year... and there was some clamoring for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera to start the game . That was a little silly, but there is a push to make sure he closes out the last "All-Star Game ever played in Yankee Stadium" and Jonathan Papelbon is cool with that :“Of course I want to close the game out, I wouldn’t be Jonathan Papelbon if I didn’t,” Papelbon said. “But at the same time there are also things within this game that I and other people have to understand that things don’t always work that way.“We owe a lot to this game, we truly do and I feel that I owe a lot to ...