As you may have heard, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins was in the Cayman Islands this weekend to wed his girlfriend Johari Smith alongside friends, family, and Bobby Abreu. They had gorgeous weather out there, and judging by the pictures, a good time was had by all.

After the jump, check out a couple photo galleries courtesy of the finest wedding photographer in the Cayman Islands, Rebecca Davis. (via The 700 Level).

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This morning, Philly.com’s gossip editor Dan ‘Disgusting’ Gross reported that Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard, and other Phillies are headed to the Cayman Islands for Jimmy Fuckin’ Rollins’s wedding on Saturday. He will be marrying the beauty and fitness-training-like talents that is Johari Smith. The best part of the ceremony of course, is that the groomsman is none other than wall-hater Bobby Abreu!

Phillies, beach, hot women, this all sounds fun right? Well nearly an hour later…

THERE WAS A FUCKING EARTHQUAKE ON GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND!

That’s right, the same island where OUR BELOVED FIGHTIN’ PHILS WERE HEADED! Luckily, as reported by CBS 3, Jimmy and the gang are alright:

Rollins, who was at the Grand Cayman Beach for his upcoming wedding to Jahori Smith, sent a message to teammates saying he was ok. Several teammates are expected to attend the wedding scheduled for Saturday, but they reportedly have not yet arrived.

It went on to say his hotel shook for 10 seconds and everyone had to go to the beach. And holy shit, thank god he is OK.  I don’t want no Miguel Tejada playing shortstop for the steroid-free Phillies. ::knock on wood::

On that nearly terrifying note, Mr. Amaro just signed a few veteran pitchers to minor league deals, ho-hum…including BRANDON DUCKWORTH? ‘Member him? [picture of The Duck Pond]? Well, apparently Ed Wade didn’t stick his shlong out to bring him back to Houston before Philly got him. How could Ed miss that? An ex-Phillie AND Astro? Gold!

In conclusion:  The Phillies are safe, Jimmy is almost wed, and Bobby will probably drop the ring.

One month ’til single game tickets go on sale.

From a Phillies press release:

Rollins, 31, who signed a five-year, $40 million contract extension on June 13, 2005, is set to make $7.5 million for the 2010 season and with the option picked up by the Phillies will make $8.5 million for the 2011 season.

Fuck yeah, club option.

Hey dudes, your boy Jimmy Rollins was out in Hawaii after Shane Victorino’s wedding and he was all out in the ocean riding some killer waves and such. Like, check out the .gif and tell me he doesn’t totally wipe out:

In order to escape from the nonsensical ramblings of Jon Gosselin, you must get off of dry land.

After last night’s 3-1 loss to the Yankees which evened the series at one game apiece, Jimmy Rollins was asked what he thought of the supposed hostile crowd at Yankee Stadium (ya know, if they stick around for the whole thing) and you can judge for yourself, but it doesn’t sound like he was too impressed. Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse supplies the quotage:

“I was expecting some of that [Philadelphia rowdiness] here, but it was very tame and civilized, really.

“You only had one big cheer, and that was on home runs.”

Rollins was asked if this feels “more like a World Series” than last year’s Series with Tampa Bay.

“When we get to Philly, it will,” he said.

Because the atmosphere will be so different?

“Exactly.”

OH SNAP!  I’m pretty sure Jimmy Rollins just subtly called the Yankees fans pussies.  If you want to see how a real crowd acts during a World Series game, I suggest you tune into FOX around 8:00 on Saturday night.

Rollins Rips Yankee Stadium Atmosphere | AOL Fanhouse

I’m tired, folks. It’s damn near 2:00 in the morning and I just walked in the door from the most incredible baseball game that I have ever attended in my life. I got work early tomorrow and I really need to get to bed. BUT FIRST…

Relive the excitement.

Thank dmac for sending over the video so I don’t have to stay up another half-hour and rip it.

“Fuck yeah, dmac!” to my boy at PhillyWillDo for sending the clip over.

No questions asked. Fuck yeah.

Courtesy of dmac at PhiladelphiaWillDo, here’s the audio:

Play it over and over again fellas. 6:05 tonight, Clifton Phifer goes for the win in the series clincher.

Here’s a little treat for the kiddies. The Fightins dot com reader Alexander F. Newton (and don’t forget the f around me) has come up with another highlight reel BANGA! for all to enjoy. If you recall, Alex was the creator of the incredible ‘Art of the Twin Killing’ video from a couple months ago, and now he has returned with an even fancier, Jimmy-centric video.  You get a whole new appreciation for Jimmy (or anyone for that matter) when you display their highlights on old grainy footage with an orchestral version of the ‘Rocky’ theme playing in the background.

Enjoy. And don’t forget to thank Alex for arranging such a choice video.

If you were watching the Phillies game on FOX with the sound on yesterday, besides being very brave, you got to hear a story as told by pint-sized reporter Ken Rosenthal explaining how Pedro Martinez had the gall to carry around a bag with the Mets logo on it for road trips. Obviously, a couple guys in the locker room took exception to Pedro’s choice of accessory, and made him get rid of it.

Kenny Albert then asked Rosenthal to retell the semi-amusing anecdote during the broadcast, so he did.

V e r y s l o w l y:

A little black bag, kind of for his personal effects. It had a Mets logo on it, the Phillies took notice of this and basically ordered him to dump it. Which he did. And he said to Jimmy Rollins — actually shouted — “You’re my witness.”

Rollins replied, “Cut the umbilical cord.”

So you thought — well, the scene might be over, but Shane Victorino took the bag out of the garbage, mounted it on top of the television set, the big screen TV in the Phillies clubhouse, and he told Pedro to burn it.

I don’t think anyone is giving Ken the ‘Storyteller of the Year’ award anytime soon, so we never found out if he actually burned it or not. Or why Shane put the bag on top of a big screen TV before telling him to set it on fire, but hey — it was informative nonetheless.

After the jump, check out a couple screenshots of eccentric Pedro’s bullpen antics from this weekend, as well as the brand-spanking-new Birdland x The Fightins t-shirt honoring the 3-time Cy Young Award winner.

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