The Jonathan Papelbon train keeps rolling- get on, or get out of the way. Thursday's stop was at the Comcast New England studios, for a 15-ish minute segment with the Sports Tonight crew. These are the same guys that Jonathan did his weekly "Friendly's Scoop" segments with throughout the season- and they're a pretty fun tagteam.

Papelbon talks about everything from his parade antics, to hawking products on QVC, to how he ended up riverdancing in the first place, Big Papi's role on the team (and playing hurt), being in contention for the World Series MVP, and talking with Theo in the offseason about the bullpen. He also mentions, when asked if he was 100% for game 4, that he "really wasn't 100% most of the playoffs", because he was tired from pitching so often.
We also learn that 'having fun in the locker room' and "celebrating' are Jonathan's family-friendly code words for 'getting really drunk'. He responds to any critics who got on to him for his celebrations. And when talking about the team letting loose after winning, he says: "It's basically a bunch of grown men, playing a kid's game."
He's not sure if Curt is coming back, and cannot imagine the bullpen without Mike Timlin. He talks about the value of kids coming up through the Sox farm system- because "they know how to play not baseball, but Red Sox baseball-- which is totally different."
Here's the first 6 minute clip- the second is after the jump.
video courtesy Comcast New England
video courtesy Comcast New England




on November 2, 2007 7:22 AM
Ha this is great! I saw like ten seconds of some interview he did for NECN on the news and thought "this can't be the only interview he did today!" I hope this stuff continues because 1) it's awesome, and 2) it's kind of delaying me having to accept the fact that the offseason has actually started.