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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon&amp;nbsp;planned on wearing an \"Obama can\u2019t ban these guns\" muscle t-shirt as he apologized for choking teammate Bryce Harper in a press conference, but was talked out of it by the team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a story on Sunday,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;detailed Papelbon\u2019s behavior on the day following his meeting with the media, which wasn\u2019t any different than normal. The former Red Sox and Phillies reliever played a song titled&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Can\u2019t Shut Me Up&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the team\u2019s clubhouse, and showed up wearing the shirt he wanted to wear before the media.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Thomas Boswell of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Post&lt;/em&gt;:\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Loud and large, he was at the center of the room, picking the team\u2019s music play list, including the country song \u201CCan\u2019t Shut Me Up.\u201D Key lyrics: \u201CI\u2019m the siren you can\u2019t unplug ... The only switch I have is \u2018on\u2019 ... You can\u2019t cover up the truth with duct tape.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Later, he walked the Nats complex in a cut-off muscle T-shirt with arrows pointing to big biceps covered in jagged tattoos. It said: \u201CObama Can\u2019t Ban These Guns.\u201D Pap wanted to wear that shirt to the \u201Capology press conference\u201D but they talked him out of it.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Friday, Papelbon&amp;nbsp;told reporters that he \u201Cwas in the wrong.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CMe and Bryce, we\u2019re good,\u201D Papelbon&amp;nbsp;said. \u201CLike we\u2019ve both said, I\u2019ve apologized to him. I\u2019ve apologized to my teammates. I want to apologize to the fans and the coaches and everyone included, and I think that with what happened last year, I was in the wrong. Should have never went down that way, and I understand that.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After Harper jogged out a pop-up during a Sept. 27 game last season, Papelbon&amp;nbsp;aggressively scolded him upon returning to the dugout. It ended in a brief physical altercation that had to be broken up by teammates.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Papelbon is entering the final year of a four-year, $50 million deal that he signed with the Phillies in 2012. The 35-year-old is owed $11 million this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;\u2013 Kenny Ducey&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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