Boston Sports in 2007. It wasn't all about the grim, joyless dispatching of foes left and right. In fact, there were quite a few yuks to be had over the course of the year. So without further ado, we present the Bostonist 10 Funniest Sports Moments of the Year:

10. Papelbon dances! It would have been higher if it had remained a spontaneous expression of a goofball's delight. Instead, it turned into a commodified, officially-sanctioned thing, with the Sox parade making designated stops to allow the dancing. But the original moment, with the Dropkick Murphys pumping in the background and Papelbon's pants being flung carelessly to the wind, showed joy and glee that we can't (or won't) picture Jeff Reardon doing if the '90 Sox had went all the way.

9. Bill Belichick, player. As much as we'd like to believe Coach Bill spends every waking moment preparing for the Buffalo game, the man has a life outside football. Which seemingly consists of wooing women. After seducing a Giants receptionist a few years ago, the Coach turned up at the NCAA championship game in the company of one Linda Holliday, a blonde in the process of ending her third marriage. Coach showed up at that game in a suit, but we can only imagine the years' worth of powerful pheromones built up in that gray hoodie. 40% of the time, it works all the time.

#8 through #1 after the jump!

8. The Moose Is Loose! No human baseball team could stop the Red Sox this year, but they were almost derailed by the Mariner Moose, who nearly clocked Coco Crisp coming out of the dugout (Zaprudereque home video here). Is this what the AL has been reduced to? Sending mascots to take out Sox players? It was a canny move to send the Moose, since Remy and Orsillo are usually watching Tampa's Raymond's every move. We can't confirm rumors that Youppi! was spotted on the grassy knoll.

7. (joint San Diego Charger entry) LT Grumbles. This is a little hard to follow, but San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson complained after the January playoff game that the Patriots were being classless by mocking the dance that Shawne Merriman does to mock his opponents. If we have this straight, it's cool with LDT to do a mockery dance, but mocking a mockery dance is going over the line. To be fair, LaDainian has been consistent in his defense of good sportsmanship.

7b. Norv's secret plan. Right after Cameragate broke, a big deal was made of San Diego coach Norv Turner writing down his first 15 plays on a piece of paper, far from the wandering eyes of Patriot spies. As a Bill Simmons mailbag correspondent noted, those super-secret 15 special plays included two turnovers, a punt and about 25 yards of total offense. In a related story, we're hoping for the Chargers to come to Foxboro in a couple weeks.

6. Manny Ramirez, Salesman. It started with his '67 Lincoln convertible, for sale at a classic car auction in New Jersey on the eve of spring training. He also tried to unload his SRT8, and peaked when he put his $4000 grill up on eBay back in March. Manny might do well to remember that salesmen are liked, not well-liked.

5. Taco Heaven. America munched on tacos back in October, as Jacoby Ellsbury's World Series stolen base activated a Taco Bell promotion that gave everyone in the land (at least everyone who schlepped down to Taco Bell) a freebie. We can't decide which was funnier, the reaction of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, or the lively taco-based discussions among the scrubs in the Sox dugout. But Jeff Dockum, who submitted the Tacoby Bellsbury concept to Boston.com, should get a plaque somewhere. And someone should spring for him to get a gordita.

4. Commercials! Three really good Boston-based commercials this year. Getting the bronze, the Vitamin Water commercial with David Ortiz and Brian Urlacher playing badass badminton. Silver medal goes to this recent entry from ESPN, where the Celtics' trio of superstars goes looking for a nickname. But for the gold medal, for best Boston sports commercial of the year, we have to go back to Big Papi and his visit to ESPN studios.

3. Perk Fought the Bed, and the Bed Won. Perk. Dude. You're 6'10", 264 lbs., the starting center on the best team in the NBA. It's time to spring for a bed that won't fold up and trap your foot. They make some now that you don't have to put together yourself.

2. "Gyroball", the Album. We've seen Orsillo and Remy lose it on-air before, but never quite like they did while sampling tracks from Daisuke Matsuzaka's CD of original and inspirational tunes. At the time, we suggested a possible album cover, but we'll have to insist that Dice wear the Teletubby costume when the tour starts. And you know that thing's selling out faster than Hannah Montana.

1. Pizza. Patriots' Day. It was cold, it was windy. Marathoners were trying to avoid the raindrops. And one Red Sox fan got a slice of hot pizza chucked at him. We still don't understand it. But we love it; it's the funniest NESN moment since Denis Leary stopped by to give his thoughts on Kevin Youkilis and Mel Gibson.

Image from Flickr's cwest666. Caroline Roberts and Victoria Welch contributed much to this post as well. More end-of-year lists coming soon!