Ah, baseball. The feeling of spring training gets any red-blooded American’s heart pumping like… uh… nothing, I suppose. I love baseball. I love everything about it. I especially love when Joba Chamberlain gives up a 2-run homer to the Twins. All is right in the world right now.
I guess I should catch up on what’s been going on in the world of Red Sox Nation. In one sentance,
Hank Steinbrenner was like, “Urrr Red Sox are the dumb and I am teh smrt! Yankees can be teh best and I kind of look like Vince Vaughn!” and then John Henry was like, “Okay, I’ll take the high road and make you look foolish,” and Hank was like,“Blah blah blah,” OH WAIT HE HAD NO RESPONSE.
Yeah. You all know what happened. ESPN blew it out of proportion as usual, and no one gave a damn after the first ten minutes of talking about it except for Buster Olney, Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon, all of Around the Horn, and the rest of the idiots in Bristol (sans Peter Gammons and Bob Ryan, but definitely including Jackie McMullen).
Anyway, don’t get worried about Papelbon and this contract thing. Theo will work it out before Paps becomes a free agent. I expect Paps to be demanding Mariano Rivera money, which is around $15 million/year. I’ll put it this way: if J.D. Drew can make $14 million a year, Paps should be making $50 million.
Well, I’m out of topics and time. Until next time!
Bob Ryan is every bit as much of an idiot as Jackie. In fact more so.
What I love about the whole Hank whining is how ESPN said Theo started the trouble this time (when talking about that idiot Messina and his blaming the trip to Japan with the team playing badly for 3 months to start the season) totally leaving out what Senile old man’s son said when asked about his entire team being on steroids when they won their titles “The Red Sox players were on steroids too” Libel suit pending
I prefer to remember Bob Ryan as a columnist, not an “analyst.”
And yes, Hank is probably the best thing to happen to the Sox since ’04 Rivera. So many quotes to shove in Yankee fans’ faces! They’re used to the loudmouth things the Boss says being empty threats; now they’re just empty-headed insults that no one takes seriously. Perfect!