Now Papelbon’s actions will cost him a 7 game suspension handed down from the MLB. Yes, the ‘adjustment’ just couldn’t be explained by Papelbon and he did go to far, but that’s Papelbon. And yes, I know that Rap singers do this all of the time without fear of such retribution, but this is baseball and rude is rude.
Yes, we express ourselves quite a bit here in Philly, but this one by Pap crossed the line.