Bottom of the 9th. Two outs. Two strikes. The Boston Red Sox, up 4-3, are one more out away from defeating their hated rival, the New York Yankees. Robinson Cano is at the plate. Here’s the windup and the pitch …
*CLICK!*
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Such a scene was seen by by viewers on Fox last Saturday, as the end of the Sox-Yanks game was suddenly interrupted by the start of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 in Phoenix. (Wonder if Jared told the gentlemen to start their engines - but not before interesting them in the latest additions to his ginormous porn collection?)
You’re a professional athlete. A baseball player, let’s say. You’re stuck on a 19-hour flight to Tokyo for business after a brisk protest and exhibition game. The doctors tell you to stay awake through the whole flight so the jetlag isn’t as bad. How do you entertain yourself for nearly a full day?
(Someone’s going out the airlock if this happens, Papelbon)
Bring DVDs with. Play poker. Lots of poker. Hell, order a three-foot-long portable poker table with the team logo on it and plop that sucker down right in the middle of the plane. Dear God, anything to avoid having to open a book. Read more…
Living in Los Angeles and Miami, we know all about struggling to speak our beloved Espanol. But we’re just about at George W. Bush-levels after going hungry following futile drive-thru visits to El Pollo Loco (L.A.) and El Pollo Tropical (Miami).
That also apparently applies to those of you in Massachusetts. Take for instance Edward Kennedy, who delivers an appropriate salute to the esteemed makers of that precious nectar derived from the Blue Agave plant.
And then there’s Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon at Spring Training this season. Read more…
You figured Red Sox players would really cash in on their World Series victory, and Jonathan Papelbon is certainly an example of that. Here’s a video of the Boston pitcher and someone named Dallin Larsenpushing something called Mona Vie:
Apparently the product is some sort of juice made from a South American berry called Acai fruit. For the record, Papelbon is a fan of the “gel packs” and claims his “edge” on the field is Mona Vie. Right, that an a 98-mph stuff with pinpoint accuracy will do it ever time.
FATE OF RED SOX WORLD SERIES BALL GONE TO THE DOGS: Soon after winning their 2nd World Series title in 4 years, the Boston Red Sox lost track of their final-out ball. Over a month later, pitcher Jonathan Papelbon finally found out the fate of the historic horsehide:
