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Joanthan Papelbon Has Earned Himself the Rare Double Suspension and His Season Is Over
By Jim Adair
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After getting all high and mighty on himself and attempting to choke the only thing resembling a bright spot for the Nationals, Jonathan Papelbon, a large and noted A-hole, will not return to the team for the rest of the season.
First, Papelbon will rescind his appeal of the MLB’s three-game suspension for plunking Manny Machado. Then, he’ll serve a four-game ban handed down by the Nationals for, you know, choking their best player. This is all the more weird since Harper was benched after the altercation and Papelbon was sent back out to pitch.
Ruben Amaro Jr. may not have done many great things here, but sending clubhouse poison Papelbon to the surging Nationals just in time to implode their season was some Bond-villain level brilliance. POWERS enjoyed it:
There's no reason to even acknowledge this with a comment. You're welcome, New York.http://t.co/0PpxPako4b
— John Powers Middleton (@johnmiddleton) September 27, 2015
4 game suspension.
— John Powers Middleton (@johnmiddleton) September 28, 2015
God there’s nothing better than the tweeting son of a billionaire owner.
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When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.