Ashley Papelbon, the wife of Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, shared this “awkward family photo” of the two on Twitter:
It looks like we have an early contender for “most festively dressed.” Papelbon’s incredible outfit is only outdone by his mustache.
Hat tip to David Brown of Yahoo! Sports for the find.
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Former Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano recently signed a massive 10-year, $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners with some help from his agent, rapper Jay Z.
Instagram user UncleHemp created this photo based on the “Otis” video by Watch the Throne, a.k.a. Jay Z and Kanye West, in which the two ride around in a Maybach luxury car, but has replaced Kanye‘s face with Cano. Jay Z and Cano can now destroy a Maybach of their own with all their money from the Mariners.
You can watch the original video here.
Hat tip to @Jose3030 for bringing this to our attention.
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With news of second baseman Robinson Cano signing a 10-year, $240 million deal (via ESPN Deportes’ Enrique Rojas) with the Seattle Mariners, fans of his former team, the New York Yankees, are showing their disapproval by burning their Cano Yankees jerseys.
This will likely be the first of many videos like this from Yankees fans that we’ll see this week.
Hat tip to Steve DelVecchio of Larry Brown Sports for the video.
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The Boston Red Sox held their World Series victory parade Saturday, and Mike Napoli kept the party going into the night. He had a stint bartending at some point and was spotted walking the streets shirtless, likely pretty drunk, with what looks like a cigarette in his mouth.
Way to go, Mike—you’ve earned it.
Photos via @FrankTheKoal and @collinsz10 (h/t Ty Duffy of The Big Lead).
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A Yasiel Puig 2013 Bowman Chrome Superfractor rookie card that is worth $25,000 can be yours if you’re lucky enough to select the right Super Box.
The card from Topps was pulled by a collector in Texas and was purchased by South Bay Baseball Cards to be included in one of its Super Boxes, a high-end repackage of cards and memorabilia, which is part of a 2013 Rookies and Phenoms 5 that’s on sale for $849.00.
The card received 13 offers on eBay at a $25,000 price before it was sold offline to South Bay Baseball Cards for the repackage.
Hat tip to Beckett for the info.
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A group of St. Louis Cardinals pitchers (Chris Carpenter, Jake Westbrook and Adam Wainwright) attempted to get a cop to join in on their dance, but he was having none of it.
Way to stay professional while on the job, officer.
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Justin Verlander threw six scoreless innings before the Boston Red Sox scored off of this Mike Napoli home run in the top of the seventh inning.
That HR by Napoli broke a 34-inning scoreless streak for Justin Verlander dating back to the regular season. #postseason
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 15, 2013
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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Johnny Cueto lasted only 3.1 innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Wild Card Round game Tuesday and gave up four runs, two of which were solo homers, including one to Russell Martin, which can be seen below.
While the uncharacteristically poor outing may have been just postseason jitters, another possible theory is that the Pirates fans’ chants of “Cue-to” throughout the start of the game got to Cueto. The taunting can be heard in the Martin video.
Those chants brought back memories of another famous taunt, which came at the expense of New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry.
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