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Everyone Needs A Nap

Yesterday was bizarro day in Tampa. Josh Beckett fanned a career-high 13 batters, but made a throwing error to first. Eric Hinske stole a base. Even weirder, Manny Ramirez stole a base. James Shields stymied the Sox lineup. The Sox bullpen didn't suck the lifeforce out of the game... the Sox bats did. And the Rays swept the Sox for the first time ever. I know the Rays had Cowbell Day on Saturday-- did their promotions department schedule Opposite Day for Sunday and forget to tell us about it?

Caroline suggested in the gamethread that maybe the whole team just needed to put the off-day today to good use, and everybody get in a nice long nap. I figured what was good for the ~~goose~~ gander was good for the ~~gander~~ goose, and took a little respite from blogging today myself.

We'll find out if the Sox took Caroline's advice and snoozed themselves back to normalcy when they meet the Jays tomorrow night -- but in the meantime, I'll leave you with this gem of a video clip. It's a mini blooper reel for the month of April- with special apperances by Jonathan Papelbon, Dustin Pedroia, Coco Crisp, Tito Francona, Justin Masterson, and (of course) Josh Beckett.

video courtesy of NESN

Per his own mandate, Jonathan Papelbon is no longer allowed to use (or attempt to use) the word "repertoire", since he clearly can't even pronounce it... let alone spell it.

Comments (12)

[ Jane ] says:
on April 28, 2008 11:58 PM

Um. Amen to you for this. A-freaking-men.

[ Piney61 ] says:
on April 29, 2008 12:08 AM

Oh Pap...and Pedroia...another fun little thing was just a brief 30 second spot with Pedroia mostly for the first question

http://wbztv.com/video/?id=61852@wbz.dayport.com

[ Bethany ] says:
on April 29, 2008 12:49 AM

I saw that video on tv last night and was laughing so hard! thank you for posting it!!!

[ Liza ] says:
on April 29, 2008 1:46 AM

I love the Coco bits, and I especially love Masterson's line... although I'm a bit biased on that one. :P

Also, Piney, that Pedroia thing is hilarious.

[ jules ] says:
on April 29, 2008 8:46 AM

Good moanin'!

I felt like I needed the MIB memory eraser after that series in Tampa Bay. ugh. I'm ready for some ass-kicking revenge on the Jays, tho.

Bring it on.

That video was hysterical! I missed it on NESN, thanks for posting it. Paps talking about *acting*?!?!??! That's funny. Loved Beckett at the end, too. Great reference to my other fav Sox video: the whole "you can't use it if you can't spell it" bit.

Good vid, Piney. Pleats cracks me up.

[ Bethany ] says:
on April 29, 2008 8:53 AM

does anyone know how i can get this video to put on myspace?

[ Di ] says:
on April 29, 2008 12:32 PM

Jules, I believe the video you are refering to is this one. It's one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CavoQSShA9g

[ mhcranberry ] says:
on April 29, 2008 12:40 PM

TG--

THAT'S JOSH'S RULE.

YOU CAN'T TELL EVERYONE JOSH'S RULE.

[ Di ] says:
on April 29, 2008 12:48 PM

What always gets me about that video is that Paps wouldn't have known Beckett was spelling the word incorrectly if Schill hadn't said something.

I also need to give credit to TG for that video.

[ mermaidmarian ] says:
on April 29, 2008 12:53 PM

It's funny alright, but the last 3 seconds with Beckett....I could watch that in a continous loop. Course, after the first couple of times without the uncomfortable snorting hot coffee out my nose.

[ kristina ] says:
on April 29, 2008 3:07 PM

that may be my all time favorit video....i think we need more of those

[ Huck8467 ] says:
on April 29, 2008 3:40 PM

You know I love that video. Not only does it have Josh at the end to crack me up, but it has my hockey boys too!! I'm officially in love with this vid.

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