Last night in the top of the 5th inning, Big Papi David Ortiz got brushed off in what some speculated might have been retaliation for Lester drilling Teixeira and Martin in the 1st inning. He picked himself up, dusted himself off, and then drilled the next inside pitch for a classic Ortiz home run. He knew it the instant he hit it, as probably much of the 48k fans in the house did at the time. He air-ailed his maple stick back towards the Sox dugout as he spun towards 1st to take his HR trot.
You can see the video here.
After the game Joe Girardi said he didn’t really care for it. He said something about protecting his young kid on the mound (who didn’t see the flip), and then said something about if one of his guys did it… yadda, yadda, yadda. Oh come on Joe! It wasn’t like he was blowing kisses at the pitcher as he rounded the bases. It wasn’t like he was standing at the plate for 10 minutes with his arms in the air as Manny did against the Angels.Yeesh.
Joe’s comments can be heard at the 4:45 mark in this video.
Anyhow, the major media are all jumping on this story: Boston Herald, Gordon Edes/ESPN, Sean McAdam/NECN, Nick Cafardo/Boston.com, NY Daily News, CBS New York, and seem to care more about this story than the Yankees themselves do.
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