After picking up his 17th W on Tuesday, Josh Beckett said to reporters about his closer Jonathan Papelbon that, "Who'da thought a little dumb redneck from Mississippi would be that good?".
Now Papelbon has fired back.
On Wednesday's Friendly's Scoop segment, Papelbon was asked about Beckett calling him a dumb Mississippi redneck- and Papelbon responded, "Well, I didn't think a dumb Texas redneck could be that good. He's always surprising me." Point to Team Papyboo. (see the full video here) Also note: he takes no issue with being labeled as a Mississippi boy (rather than Louisiana).
Other items of note from the segment:
* Cinco Ocho is back and ready for the playoff run.
* He likes getting to pitch multiple days in a row so he can get ready to do that in the postseason. And if three days in a row wasn't enough, he offhandedly refers to pitching FOUR days in a row.
* He thinks Clay Buchholz's stuff should translate well to the bullpen and be fine. And he agrees with the careful handling of Clay, since it worked great for him.
* Jacoby Ellsbury is electric- he hits a single, it's an automatic double; he hits a double, it's a possible triple.
* On the report that he and Big Papi were driving yellow Lamborghinis on Newbury Street, he said that he gets a fancy sports car to drive around when he's in Boston for home games from a car club (and apparently other players do as well, since Papi had one, too). Right now he's driving a Ferrari 430 in candy apple red, Cinco Ocho's favorite color (of course).
* "What can I say? I'm big pimpin' now."
on September 6, 2007 1:22 PM
Saw the matching yellow Lamborghinis myself on Saturday night. Big Papi can pull it off.......Paps, I don't know. LOL Love the kid to death, but he just shouldn't follow anything that David does. Ortiz just pulls it all off with ease and makes the others look lame. HAHA The cars were hot and Papi was like a rockstar in his. And the crowed reacted like he was one.