Ian Browne, MLB.com:
By delivering what was easily their biggest win of the season, a tense 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays, the Red Sox can now clinch a tie in the American League East by taking two out of three from the Yankees this weekend. They can win the division outright with a sweep.
To get to that point, the Red Sox needed the latest batch of magic from David Ortiz, who tied it with a homer in the eighth inning and then won it in the bottom of the ninth with a walk-off single to left field, setting up a mob scene of white jerseys on the right side of the infield.
Yet again, Ortiz delivered with the game -- and perhaps the season -- on the line.
My children will know his name.
ReplyDelete"He's good daddy... Is he as good as Ortiz?" They will ask.
Yaz-tec, you obviously have never watched a Yankee game. A-ROD has had plenty of big hits this year for the Yanks . And I will be the first to admit Big Papi is the one man I would want up with the game on the line, but if he had to play first base for 150 games I bet the Sox would be no closer than five games out. AROD will win a gold glove this year and has saved many games with his glove. While Big Papi does cross word puzzles while his team is on the field, AROD actually contributes to his team. I love Big Papi, I really do. Wish he was on the Yanks. But I cannot see a guy who plays half the game winning MVP
ReplyDeleteUnless, say, more than 40% of his home runs tied the game or put his team ahead...but that's a ridiculous id...oh.
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Don't forget how much of A-rod's production, as Bill Simmons mentioned in yesterday's article, takes place when the Yankees are already up by 4 or 5 runs. It really does seem that Slappy turns into another player when the game simply doesn't matter at all.
ReplyDeleteHe's not a leader, he's just a little punk. Ortiz helps his team by not playing defense, that's plain and simple.