JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!!

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:59 pm

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OK.

Dear Mr. Papelbon,

You are officially being taken OUT of my signature when I get to my Dad's next week. This is your first and only notice.

I don't like people who kill birds for no apparent reason.

Thank you,
cdurbfan22 (you notice my name has NOTHING to do with you either)

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:11 am

LOL!
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I was quite bored when I typed that....go figure.

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:30 pm

Papelbon can't dance, either!!

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:39 am

That doesn't bother me, but what he does other than that in his spare time REALLY does.

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Oh that was me ^ oops!

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for JRP!

You know, I'm still sort of angry over this whole killing birds thing........it makes me rant

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Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:31 pm

12/20/2007 3:57 PM ET
Dog gone it? Pap's pooch eats history

Ball that sealed Red Sox's World Series win meets biting fate

By Ian Browne / MLB.com

BOSTON -- Jonathan Papelbon's dog apparently has a taste for baseball history. Wondering what happened to that baseball Papelbon used to strike out Colorado's Seth Smith to close out the four-game sweep by the Red Sox in the World Series?

According to Papelbon, his dog ate it. And the remains of the ball are in the living room of Papelbon's Hattiesburg, Miss., home. This, according to what Papelbon told his local newspaper -- the Hattiesburg American.

It seems that the truth is out as to who the boss is in the Papelbon household.

"My dog ate it," Papelbon said. "He plays with baseballs like they are his toys. His name is Boss. He jumped up one day on the counter and snatched it. He likes rawhide. He tore that thing to pieces. I'll keep what's left of it."

After the final out of the World Series was recorded, Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek tucked the ball away and later gave it to Papelbon.

For a few weeks at least, Papelbon played dumb and pretended to have no knowledge of where the ball was.

But he finally admitted to having it. In fact, the story of the dog eating the ball is a story Papelbon started floating to people within the organization as far back as a month ago. In fact, he said as much in an interview with NESN a few weeks ago.

Unlike in 2004, when the Red Sox were on a mission to retrieve the World Series-winning baseball from former first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, the club isn't all that interested this time around.

"From the Red Sox standpoint, our only real comment is that from the ballclub's perspective, the 2004 ball was very special because it was the first time we won in 86 years and everything," said Red Sox spokesman John Blake. "This one, obviously, if Pap says the dog ate the ball or whatever, we have to believe him. It's really kind of a non-issue with us."

Because Papelbon is one of the most light-hearted players on the Red Sox, if not all of Major League Baseball, it's hard to ascertain whether his story is true.

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:29 pm

Regardless if the story is true or not I can't stand him.
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Me either. My Dad was like there is no way that that is true.

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:09 am

Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:32 pm

I don't believe Papelbon one bit ; Whole story sounds like bullshit! Gave the WS ball to his dog. Yeah Right! Probably sold the damn ball

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Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:55 pm

Pap, Sox agree to deal
6, 2008 03:58 PM

The Red Sox and closer Jonathan Papelbon have agreed to a one-year deal worth $775,000.

That's more than closer Bobby Jenks got with a similar amount of service time, as he signed a $550,000 contract. Papelbon was looking for a deal in the range of $900,000, like the one signed by Ryan Howard at the same point in his career. He didn't quite get that, but he got a significant bump over his $425,550 salary from last season.

If the Sox and Papelbon hadn't reached this agreement, the Red Sox would have had the option of renewing his contract for an arbitrary figure.

The Red Sox have also agreed to terms with all 18 of their unsigned players, none of whom got renewed.

Oh, and the team has given up seven runs in the ninth inning, including a three-run homer by Luke May and a grand slam by Jason Repko. The three-run shot tied the score at 5-5. ...

Now it's a final, Dodgers win 9-6.
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Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:05 pm

WTG Repko!

Can anyone find a picture of the tattoo on his right tricep? I've searched but can only find the lower half. I swear it looks like an Olde English The D

but I could be wrong.

He's from Illinois so it might be.
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Subject: Re: JONATHAN ROBERT PAPELBON!! Sat May 10, 2008 7:19 am

Papelbon can't close out Twins
All-Star allows two-run single in ninth inning of loss in Minnesota
By Robert Falkoff / MLB.com

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nobody's automatic. Not even Jonathan Papelbon.
A Papelbon appearance in the ninth inning has come to mean victory handshakes for the Red Sox a vast majority of the time. But suddenly, Papelbon has blown two consecutive save opportunities, and Friday's stinger -- a two-out, two-run single in the ninth by Mike Lamb that lifted the Twins to a 7-6 victory at the Metrodome -- was by far the tougher one for Papelbon to take.

Lamb didn't hit the ball hard. But the bloop over third baseman Mike Lowell's head with runners at second and third left Papelbon taking it hard.

"It's frustrating right now, just for the simple fact that I'm throwing good pitches, but I'm just not finishing them right now and executing them all the way through the strike zone," Papelbon said. "I'm sitting there in a comfortable position where I want to be. One out to get. I don't finish the split-finger and he speeds his bat up and bloops it over the third baseman."

The Red Sox had overcome an early 5-2 deficit with a four-run rally in the fifth inning, highlighted by Lowell's two-run double. Starter Jon Lester and relievers David Aardsma and Hideki Okajima protected the one-run lead until the ninth, when manager Terry Francona handed the ball to his star closer.

Delmon Young started the ninth with a single and Matt Tolbert sacrificed him to second. Papelbon got Adam Everett on a popup, but Young stole third and Carlos Gomez walked. It was the first walk issued by Papelbon since the first batter he faced this season.

The stakes were raised moments later when Gomez stole second without a throw. Instead of a single to the outfield only tying the game, the Twins were in position to bloop one in for a win.

"We don't want to vacate the shortstop hole," Francona said. "There are about three different reasons -- who's running, who's pitching, giving up the hole. You never are happy letting the lead run [move up], but considering all the options, the biggest thing is we don't want to have someone vacating their position."

It still came down to Papelbon needing to get Lamb for the save, and it was the type of situation that Papelbon will take every time.

"I've got one out to get," Papelbon said. "It's a pretty simple game. I've got to execute a pitch with two strikes and the job is done. I didn't do that."

It's said that great closers have short memories, and Papelbon is anxious to make the adjustments and move forward.

"I've got to get back on track," Papelbon said. "In order to do that, I've got to start finishing my pitches and throwing my pitches with confidence."

Lester made it through 5 1/3 innings and survived a scare when he covered first base in the third inning and mildly rolled an ankle covering the bag.

"I stepped on the bag wrong, but it shouldn't be any concern at all," Lester said.

Although the Twins got four runs in the opening two innings, Lester said he was generally pleased with the way he threw the ball. An error by shortstop Julio Lugo led to two unearned runs in the second.

It seemed the Red Sox offense had done just enough with the four-run rally in the fifth. After loading the bases with nobody out, Lowell hit the gap in left-center for his two-run double. Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire lifted starter Boof Bonser and Juan Rincon came on. Kevin Youkilis produced a run-scoring groundout and a wild pitch by Rincon allowed Lowell to score the go-ahead run.

The Boston defense executed a dazzling relay play in the sixth when Young tried to score on Everett's double to left-center. The relay from Jacoby Ellsbury to Dustin Pedroia to Jason Varitek was picture perfect, and Young was out at the plate.

But what looked for 8 2/3 innings like another Red Sox success ended with a fizzle on that two-run blooper by Lamb.

"I haven't had too many balls fall in for me," said Lamb.

This one did. Even when Papelbon is on the mound, there can be exceptions to his ninth-inning rules.
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