I checked the first couple of pages so sorry if Germans...
Did anyone else catch this gem that the UM closer said this about himself. Well, he may be Papelbon without the theatrics, the 98mph fastball, the world series
ring, the highest MLB contract ever signed by a closer, anyone want to contine???
I love that when he had to get a strikeout, he went to his slider to try to fool the batter. You never see Paps do that. Everyone in the stadium knows the heat
is coming and he still throws it by the best hitters. I never saw this guy get above 91 today. All the announcers could talk about was how this one time at
band camp, he threw it 94
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UM Closer says he is "Jonathan Papelbon without the theatrics" |
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Posts: 296 06/07/09 09:45 PM |
I just thought it was odd that Papelbon went to state and he was the ole miss closer
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JacksonDevilDog |
I also loved how they showed for 3 days straight... | #2 | ||
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Posts: 1910 06/07/09 09:50 PM |
that Jake Morgan's favorite athlete was Russell Crowe.
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Todd4State |
Even more ironic | #3 | ||
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Posts: 5262 06/07/09 09:51 PM |
is an Ole Miss baseball player claiming to be classier than a former MSU baseball player.
Before the swarm decends, I'm not saying that Ole Miss baseball players aren't classy, but that's something that our sheep often claim about our baseball players. That said I'm like Albert Pujols without the ability to hit for power, average, ability to play gold glove defense and instincts for the game. To be fair, he did get the crap knocked out of him by a baseball. "Because just being good kids who make good grades isn't good enough anymore."- John Cohen
"This league doesn't care how hard you try. This league cares about having real players who can perform certain skills. If you try to throw a fastball in and you miss the middle of the plate, the league doesn't care that you're a really good kid. The game says you better execute the pitch." - John Cohen |
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Posts: 298 06/07/09 09:52 PM |
That was awesome. I guess they say he is an athlete because he was Gladiator.
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gringodawg |
Whats even more ironic is the fact that | #5 | ||
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Posts: 115 06/07/09 09:54 PM |
their baseball history sucks donkey balls so much that he has to pattern himself after one of our former players because OM has none he can emulate...
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MemphisMaroonClubDog |
wait... there's Brian Maxcy for him to pattern after... | #6 | ||
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Posts: 59 06/07/09 10:01 PM |
oh wait... you probably don't know him.
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Todd4State |
What about Pete Ladd? | #7 | ||
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Posts: 5264 06/07/09 10:03 PM |
He closed for the Brewers some in 1982 when Rollie Fingers went down with an injury.
"Because just being good kids who make good grades isn't good enough anymore."- John Cohen
"This league doesn't care how hard you try. This league cares about having real players who can perform certain skills. If you try to throw a fastball in and you miss the middle of the plate, the league doesn't care that you're a really good kid. The game says you better execute the pitch." - John Cohen |
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lawdawg02 |
to be fair, bianco calls the pitches from the dugout. | #8 | ||
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Posts: 2781 06/08/09 09:54 AM One Call, That's All
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i don't get your bitterness. if you were a closer for a college team, and someone asked you to compare yourself to a major leaguer, would you not give
a similar answer? i doubt morgan was comparing his fastball, pro success, or bank account to papelbon's. morgan would probably be ahead, though, if you
compared their college careers.
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Posts: 3788 06/08/09 10:13 AM Literally a Cocksucker
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That's what I thought too. Didn't Papelbon struggle at lot in college? I'm pretty sure he bounced from starter to reliever and never really
settled. Had talent, but never really put it all together at MSU.
Honestly, when I think Papelbon, I think Cody Satterwhite. I think those two had similar college careers and similar stuff honestly in college. |
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Todd4State |
He's on our top 10 list | #10 | ||
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Posts: 5274 06/08/09 10:44 AM |
for saves. He only started a couple of games because our staff wasn't that deep and he was one of our better pitchers.
He probably would be higher if he didn't have to share the closer role with Brandon Medders- now with the Giants, and Josh Wooten, among others. His college career could have been more memorable if he wasn't on a Polk II team in 2003. "Because just being good kids who make good grades isn't good enough anymore."- John Cohen
"This league doesn't care how hard you try. This league cares about having real players who can perform certain skills. If you try to throw a fastball in and you miss the middle of the plate, the league doesn't care that you're a really good kid. The game says you better execute the pitch." - John Cohen |
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lawdawg02 |
here's all i could find for his college stats: | #11 | ||
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Posts: 2782 06/08/09 11:04 AM One Call, That's All
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Papelbon was a closer for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He had a 9-6 record, 13 saves, and 2.90 ERA in his three years on the team in relief Papelbon spent three seasons in Starkville and in his final year, in 2003, he went 6-2, 2.28, 7 saves and 54 strikeouts in just over 47 innings of work. i honestly didn't remember any stats, just that he wasn't as dominant as he could/should have been, given his velocity. plus, you're exactly
right about that 2003 team. i think morgan had 9 saves this year as a redshirt soph, and didn't pitch much last year.
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Roy Munson |
Paps velocity wasnt where it is now.... | #12 | ||
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Posts: 3207 06/08/09 11:20 AM The MEATCLEAVER |
hes added a consistent 4 mph to his stuff. Not to mention he has movement on his fastball now that was flatter than chers ass in college. Paps was a thrower
in college who thought his 92 mph fastball would blow by everyone...it didnt.
They completely broke down his mechanics and taught the guy how to pitch in 6 months...amazing what a little coaching can do. They added a splitter and the rest is history. Paps shit is just nasty. |
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alabamadog |
either that or | #13 | ||
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Posts: 104 06/08/09 11:54 AM |
because he is the cinderalla man. |
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lawdawg02 |
schilling taught him the splitter... | #14 | ||
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Posts: 2783 06/08/09 12:44 PM One Call, That's All
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in pawtucket. or at least so goes the legend. and you're exactly right - he wasn't upper 90s in college. it was mid 90s at best. but he had nothing
to go with it (or refused to try anything else). and flatter than cher's ass is probably the perfect way to describe the movement on the fastball -
that's hilarious.
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MemphisMaroonClubDog |
so, you think he was comparing himself to Paps in college? | #15 | ||
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Posts: 60 06/08/09 12:48 PM |
He was remembering someone who wasn't putting it together in college? Thats stupid. Of course, he was comparing himself to Paps. When did Paps have any theatrics in college? You are trying to cover for him making a stupid statement about himself. He could have gone with Trevor Hoffman, K-Rod, Rivera... but, no, he chose Paps because either he thinks he has the same stuff as him or he had a unhealthy obsession with someone who "struggled" in college. Paps' college career was a victim of our program not being what it should have been at state and we did have MUCH more talent then than we do now. |
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Posts: 2368 06/08/09 01:10 PM |
Todd4State wrote: It's sad that the two memories I have of Paps as a player at State are, obviously, the home run he gave up to UNC in the 2003 regional and a game winning home run he gave up to blow a 7/8 inning gem by Maholm at UGA the same year. You would think the guy who is on pace to be, with all due respect to Bailey Howell, the greatest professional athlete we've produced would have had more of an impact.
I'm not stubborn enough to say, 'This is our offense, this is what we're doing,' even if we don't have the personnel to run it.--Dan
Mullen, 1/5/2009
But dont worry your head, we have zero chance of winning the SEC Tourney--Coach34, 03/09/2009 |
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lawdawg02 |
no one thinks he was comparing himself to college-paps, dubmass. | #17 | ||
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Posts: 2784 06/08/09 01:13 PM One Call, That's All
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what's stupid is you trying to berate morgan for comparing himself (a fairly dominant closer in college) to papelbon (a dominant closer in the big leagues)
when prompted by a question from espn. hell, espn probably asked "which red sox or yankees player would you compare yourself to?"
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Ivehadbetter |
For the record.. | #18 | ||
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Posts: 943 06/08/09 02:04 PM |
State had a legitimate shot at Morgan out of HS, but Polk wouldn't give him the time of day.
Take 2 weeks off from posting.. and then quit. _Shmuley
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lawdawg02 |
i know, and that makes me sick. | #19 | ||
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Posts: 2787 06/08/09 03:04 PM One Call, That's All
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all we had to do was show some interest. it's ridiculous. oh well, i'm sure a legitimate closer wouldn't have made much of a difference for our
team this year...
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1984Dawg |
Amazing. | #20 | ||
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Posts: 174 06/08/09 03:31 PM |
The dude basically pays respect to Papelbon and we can't do anything but bitch about it.
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