Everyone is talking about Jonathan Papelbon’s interview in Esquire where he calls Manny Ramirez a “cancer,” I for one, could care less. However, there was one small throw-away tidbit in the article I found particularly interesting. Since he left the team in 1996, Roger Clemens’ number “21” hasn’t been worn by a Red Sox player, but when the Sox were planning on reconverting Papelbon to a starter for the 2007 season “They…offered him the number 21, Roger Clemens’s old number, because they thought the favorable comparison might help Papelbon take to the idea. But the role didn’t sit right with him, and neither did the number.”
I like the Sox’ thinking here, it’s an interesting inspirational idea, but I also like Papelbon’s insistence on forging his own path, the “58” he wears was a random assignment, one he is turning into it’s own legendary number. Paps is building his own legacy, he doesn’t need to pick up on Clemens’.
[Esquire]
Marko Jaric, who we already looked at for his ineptitude on the court, likely caused by his marriage to the ridiculously incredibly hot Adriana Lima
What the fuck Jaric? First off, assaulting a woman is never OK, but when you have a SUPERMODEL AT HOME! What the hell man, how greedy are you? I can guarantee that any NBA groupie doesn’t match up to your insanely hot wife, so why even bother. You were engaged to Lima, who was an avowed virgin, so presumably you were able to restrain yourself (or banged every girl available in the interim), but now you have the opportunity to bed your wife, do so. Why stray? If you can’t treat Adriana right, give me a chance! I’m a blogger with a heart of gold and on the Internet I talk a big game so…
Tiger Woods is making his return to stroke play golf at the World Golf Championships but Sweden’s Henrik Stenson made the big news when, on the third hole he stripped off his clothes down to his boxers. After his drive landed in some sticky mud, Stenson opted to go for it rather than taking the penalty strokes.
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