Jonathan Paplebon/Hideki Okajima appreciation thread

[body88]

Pap is a beast. Last year he single handedly won game after game for the sox when they where tanking. If not for him coming in shutting teams down they would have lost many more games. Game after game he did it. Batters tremble in fear when the big boy trots out. One notable memory from this year is when Jeter was seen in the dugout shaking his head after getting pwned by a 97 mph fastball on the corner. Pap made the heart of the yankees order look like kids in that series. The next elite closer in the game right here. He wrecks the best lineups in the game.




Then we have man child number 2. Hideki has an era of 0.95 in 35 starts. The guys makes like a million a season!

[ieffinhatecardio]

At the start of this year we knew what Papsmear was, we had no idea about Okey Dokie. He's been absolutely incredible. The steal of the last decade for us. He's been every bit as important and impressive as Paps.

Okajima in the 8th and Papelbon in the 9th, that's one hell of a badass combo.

The funny thing about Okajima is that he's just this skinny little Japanese guy that doesn't throw hard and has a strange habit of looking at the ground when throwing a pitch but he's nearly unhittable.

[headhuntersix]

He's almost looking behind him at the 2nd base or something....as long as they win.

[CalvinH]

Blechhh
A-rod took em deep

[body88]

Blechhh
A-rod took em deep

One time. Pap made arod look like a kid on several occasions. I mean we could talk about the one rare hr arod managed of the beast, or the 50 runs the sox tag good ol Mo for every time he tries to save a game 

[njflex]

One time. Pap made arod look like a kid on several occasions. I mean we could talk about the one rare hr arod managed of the beast, or the 50 runs the sox tag good ol Mo for every time he tries to save a game 

pap is very good look's like he has down syndrome's though,and the asian dude was enamored with being a yankee,and stupidly we settled for igawa 

[CalvinH]

One time. Pap made arod look like a kid on several occasions. I mean we could talk about the one rare hr arod managed of the beast, or the 50 runs the sox tag good ol Mo for every time he tries to save a game 

Let's see if he holds up as long as Mo

[body88]

Let's see if he holds up as long as Mo

With as much as tito used him last year im glad he is still alive. I am not delusional my friend, the greatest closer of all time is named MO.... I think pap is something very special. To compare him to good ol mo is a compliment to yankees fan's

Although the sox have that mofos number 

[CalvinH]

He is a great closer.you gotta hope Tito dosn't burn him out.
don't wanna see him end up like Gagne.

[body88]

He is a great closer.you gotta hope Tito dosn't burn him out.
don't wanna see him end up like Gagne.

He learned his lesson last year. Pap is a on a set routine and I have seen Tito stick to his guns even when we could have used him. Pap is also strength training now. Something that has worked wonders for him. He was not doing anything before.

[headhuntersix]

Okajima gets plenty of work and they get him in to close....They know they will need Pap in the post season. Sox-Rangers tonight.