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Papelbon Earns his placeby Jake on June 29 at 10:31PM | comments (0)
[ comments (0) ] [ BallHype ] Jon Papelbon is officially the first past the post. Knotching his 132nd save as a Red Sox closer, Paps finished did in four years what took Bob Stanley 13-years to do. No wonder why his Cube efficiency rating is 100. Obviously, it's rediculous to think that this consistently will keep up over the next nine-years (or even that he'll be in a Sox jersey for that whole time).But he could certainly be the next Mariano Rivera - a man he so admires. He could even notch the 500 in less time than it took the Sandman. While Paps doesn't share the same moral vacuum that pin-striped baseball players tend to enjoy, Jon Papelbon and Mariano Rivera do share a similar quality: intimidation. Rivera's was a quite dominance. Papelbon's is much more boisterous, and borderline brash. But they both provide their respective teams with an assurance and a confidence that is immesuarble to team morale. Having the "ace in the hole" that can be counted on, day-in and day-out to slam the door gives more of an edge to a team than any ace starter could. So while today may have belonged to Rivera, Jon Papelbon will be sleeping well tonight too. |
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