I was on the bus home from the Staten Island Ferry when the Yankees-Red Sox game started last night, and I was following the progress via my iPhone. By the time I arrived home, the Yankees were already losing 3-0. Not a great way to start off the evening.
And it got even worse. I also missed seeing Mark Teixeira getting helped off the field. What a nightmare. Between that, and David Ortiz’s hitting a home run, complete with an obnoxious bat flip, it wasn’t exactly an evening for the ages for Yankee fans. (Although Jorge Posada fans did get to see him ably step up with his best game of the year — his first 2011 three-hit game — after he stepped in to take Mark Teixeira’s place in the lineup, and at first.)
But as for Ortiz, I was irritated by his antics during the game (what, he was mad Hector Noesi went a little inside on him? Spare me. Ortiz still has never been hit by a Yankee pitcher. Ever!) and even more annoyed by his arrogant comments afterwards. He said:
“It’s not my first time. It’s not going to be my last time. So, big deal,” he said.
“I’m a home run hitter. It’s not like I do it all the time. But it’s part of the excitement. What can I tell you? I just went deep. You want more emotion than that. I just went deep. It’s another homer for Papi.
“That was one of the Papi good ones.”
Two third-person references in one interview? Oy. What happened to the personable Ortiz, any way, the one who didn’t come across like a clown in interviews?
The Yankees weren’t happy about his little show last night, and we’ll see if they enact a little payback this series.
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