He very nearly got out of Boston without everyone hating him. It must be because everyone kind of knew he was going to be leaving once he became a free agent, since he made it clear he wanted to get paid and the Red Sox weren't going to do that. Philadelphia did, so now he's there.
And then he opened his mouth.
“The difference between Boston and Philadelphia, the Boston fans are a little bit more hysterical when it comes to the game of baseball,” Papelbon said in a local radio interview, according to CBS. “The Philly fans tend to know the game a little better, being in the National League, you know, the way the game is played.”
Now, of course, he's a stupid, unpleasant jerk.
As to the facts of what he said, I don't live in Philadelphia, so I can't speak about their fans. But Red Sox fans? Hysterical? Little bit, not to mention that since Papelbon got there, Red Sox Nation has been taken over by people whose baseball knowledge consists of what the local media tell them to think about the Red Sox and hating the Yankees.
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