Jonathan Papelbon enjoyed an impressive MLB career. He was a six-time All-Star and recorded 368 saves during his time in the big leagues. Papelbon pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Washington Nationals during his career, and recently made an eye-opening Stephen A. Smith admission about his time in Philadelphia.
Papelbon addressed Smith’s alarming comments about Mike Trout’s recent injury. Smith referred to Trout’s injury as “karma” for staying with the Angels in a rant that received no shortage of backlash. Papelbon recalled a story about Smith, who used to work for the Philadelphia Enquirer, while responding to the ESPN analysts’ shocking Trout comments.
“When he makes these kinds of comments (Smith’s comments about Trout’s injury), he truly does not know what he’s talking about,” Papelbon said, via Foul Territory. “And that’s why he makes such asinine comments because he truly doesn’t know… When I was in the Philadelphia Clubhouse we had a traveling secretary… Well I got into this conversation with him about Stephen A Smith one day. I said well how come he never comes in the clubhouse anymore? And he says to me, ‘oh no, we had to kick him out of the clubhouse.’ I said oh really. I said y’all kicked him out of the clubhouse? I said well why did y’all kick him out of the clubhouse?
