Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Why Peter King Should Stick to Football

SI's Peter King (Monday Morning Quarterback) shows once again why he should stick to talking about football. This is from yesterday's MMQB column:
The [Jonathan] Papelbon bubble has burst. Officially.
King is referring to Red Sox rookie closer Jon Papelbon who at this writing is 3rd in AL saves (his 31 trails Bobby Jenks by 2). Of the top 5 in AL saves - Papelbon's 0.90 ERA is by far the lowest (less than half of Mariano Rivera's 1.86). Papelbon's 62 strikeouts is second to Jenks' 64 (and tied with Francisco Rodriguez's 62).

In Papelbon's last 10 appearences - he has only given up an earned run in 2 of them. Yeah - that's really some bursting bubble. Sorry to pick on this comment by King but it is the dumbest thing he's written since he picked the Vikings to win the Super Bowl last year.

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