A Merry Milkman.

Minor league baseball and Jonathan Papelbon were probably meant for each other. Minor league ballparks always seem to have some sort of sideshow going on and Papelbon is a sideshow on his own. I imagine that he's probably always marched to the beat of his own drummer.

Theo Epstein took part in a press conference earlier today during which he discussed next week's amateur draft. He does have some interesting things to say like should the club end up in dire financial straights, they won't scrimp on drafting (and I'll infer he means signing bonuses) because ultimately you'll end up with a cheaper club if you can put all young guys out there. He was also asked (and very helpfully answered the question by repeating the question so I could tell what he was talking about) to discuss his favorite pick. He chose Jonathan Papelbon for obvious reasons. He then went on to tell a slightly amusing story about going to see him pitch up in Lowell not too long after he was signed and finding him happily milking a cow.