Comments on: Views on Papelbon’s comments

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:13:45 +0000

You think you are a big tough guy Bill? Would you tell Pap to shout up to his face? I doubt it. You are a clown.
Maybe you should work on the follow up story on Bob Ryan’s son dying. Get some facts on the one… like his name.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:51:27 +0000

Are you really now just noticing that Papelbon is moron? I don’t expect most baseball players to be geniuses, but he takes the cake. I am relatively certain that I have never heard anything even remotely intelligent come out of his mouth.
And kudos for taking him to task. Too many boston fans/media-types are blowing over his comments as being misconstrued and calling yankees fans the “real villians” for the booing. No one misunderstood him. He clearly stated that he thought that he had earned the right to close the game. Not that he wanted to, but that he had earned the right to. Which is idiotic to say 1) in enemy territory and 2) when you’re basivally saying that you have the right close over the best reliever in baseball history in his home stadium. And as for booing Papelbon during the parade… um, how is that any worse than the Madonna masks that fans were wearing last time A-Rod came to Fenway? Just sayin’…

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:08:03 +0000

Paps should let the performance on the field do his talking. Remember, he did give up the go ahead run in the 8th.

By: Marci

Marci — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:18:46 +0000

It was a stupid thing to say and he should have known by now, seeing all the things Damon goes through on a regular basis, to STFU.

That said, I do hope that the fans generally take a good look at themselves and realize that to boo and heckle a player is one thing, but to harass a player’s spouse off the field is something else entirely. But of course they won’t because every year or so you hear of another story like this.