Sidecar Papi

by Texy
2008 February 28 at 2:14 pm

Just because.

Thanks to educated cheese at SoSH for the photo, and see the Herald for the story behind the picture.

tags: ,

next post:
Who Are You? »»
previous post:
«« Gameday Open Thread: Boston College/Northeastern
12 Responses leave one →
  1. 2008 February 28 at 2:28 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Sidecar Papi makes me smile.

  2. 2008 February 28 at 2:41 pm
    Meg permalink

    “I froze my (expletive deleted) (body parts) off.”

    LOL at the Heralds “editing.” I love Papi.

  3. 2008 February 28 at 2:41 pm
    Twinkie permalink

    Awesomesauce.

  4. 2008 February 28 at 2:42 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    I wonder what POSSIBLY could have been those censored words?

    I’m gonna go with “fucking nuts”.

  5. 2008 February 28 at 2:45 pm
    Ian permalink

    The Hartford Courant’s blog has more on the story too.

    Kyle Synder rode from the hospital to the airport in the sidecar.

  6. 2008 February 28 at 2:49 pm
    Meg permalink

    Snyder rode in the sidecar too? They (i.e. Tito) must have looked at the team and gone “Hmm, which would look funniest riding in the sidecar? Let’s take the 6′8″ guy and the 270 pound guy!”

  7. 2008 February 28 at 3:43 pm
    Liza permalink

    TG – “Fucking nuts” sounds about right. I still want to know what it really was.

    Meg – Definitely. If they had one more trip, though, they should’ve picked Pedroia. The super-tall guy, the super-short guy, and the Papi.

  8. 2008 February 28 at 3:47 pm
    Ian permalink

    Here is what Snyder said. From the Hartford Courant Sox blog.

    Kyle Snyder had it the worst. Francona only went from the airport to the White House, then Ortiz to Walter Reed. The longest trip was Walter Reed back to Reagan National, after the sun went down.

    “I didn’t feel my face about five minutes into it,” said Snyder, who volunteered. “I knew what I was in store for. All the same, it was pretty cool to be part of a police escort. About halfway through, I was helping them direct traffic.”

    Snyder had the added comfort of trying to cram his 6-foot-8 frame into the car. And he didn’t wear a police helmet, since Ortiz kept his as a souvenier.

    “Zero leg room,” Snyder said. “I was really surprised actually how small it was. I saw David in it and I was like, I’ve got to be able to fit in it. I thought [the helmet] looked a little too funny. I’m not sure it would have fit me, with my hair, although David’s hair is a little bit longer, too.”

  9. 2008 February 28 at 9:33 pm
    mouse permalink

    That picture makes me laugh so hard.

  10. 2008 February 28 at 11:19 pm
    Casey permalink

    Before this picture I never noticed how Papi resembles Gary Coleman.

    http://ccww.wordpress.com

  11. 2008 February 29 at 8:28 am
    Lyndsay permalink

    I LOVE him. Without a doubt Theo’s best signing. EVER. he’s so positive all the time too. They should retire his number, seriously.

    can we elect him Governor? or like a 2nd mayor? I think he and Menino would be hijinx and hilarity together.

  12. 2008 February 29 at 2:13 pm
    Lyndsay permalink

    I keep coming back to this picture cuz it just makes me smile. man, spring training is great…all sunshine, and rainbows, and happy healthy HOT guys playing catch in their gym shorts, and everybody’s still a winner. none of that end-of-august stress and me yelling at the tv in the 6th inning, “Tito – Dice-K is DONE, and you got A-Rod at the plate, what the F, take him out already!!! rrrghhH!”