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?).

No, not baseball… craps.

If you head to OUT IN CENTER FIELD, you can see video of the event as well. We recommend it if only for how seriously Okajima is taking the lesson.

We feel compelled to point that this is about the time that Papelbon blew two consecutive saves. Do you think he may have been a bit distracted by a poor experience at one of the local establishments? (Seriously, we wonder if Reno has fewer casinos than Detroit and Windsor.) After all, one’s liver and wallet can only handle so much “team-building”.