The most undeserved curtain call in the history of life
Today’s tip of the hat goes to Boston clutch hitter extraordinaire David Ortiz, who hit his first home run of the season in his team’s 8-3 win over the Jays. Congrats — all those standing ovations through your previous 149 homerless at-bats look to have paid off. Here’s hoping you go another 40 games before your next one.
Alright, so I’m a little bitter. Nothing ruins the high of a four-game sweep of the potent White Sox more than a couple losses at Fenway to the second place Red Sox, who jumped all over Brett Cecil in handing him his first career loss tonight. Cecil coughed up six runs in the fifth — Ortiz’s two-run homer and another blast by Jason Bay two batters later did most of the damage — before sitting back and letting the Jays offense score a few meaningless runs in the late innings.
The Jays managed 14 hits, though I can’t help but feel they could’ve done a lot more damage to Boston starter Brad Penny, who seemed to be grooving every other fastball to middle of the plate. A frustrating night all around, to say the least. Making matters worse, the good-for-nothing Orioles were trounced by the Yankees — New York’s eigth straight win.
Most undeserved curtain call?
You obviously don’t quite grasp the depth of Boston fans, who love this guy like few other. They’ve been hoping for him to get tracked for awhile; not just as a ballplayer, but as a human who spends a lot of time in the Boston community. It’s been hard to watch him struggle.
We live and die together with this team, so when one of “us” wins (Ortiz), we all celebrate. Papi’s curtain call was acknowledgment that he knows/loves/understands the deep threads that run through the team and its fans.
That’s what the ovation was for, not simply the homah.
By: Chris on May 21, 2009
at 10:24 am
I know, I know…Trust me, I envy the way Sox fans rally around their team. Toronto fans can’t identify with any player (aside from Halladay) the way Boston can with Papi, so we’re reduced to booing Wells and Rios for not running out ground balls.
I don’t mind Oritz or the Red Sox — just letting out some frustration…
Thanks for the comment.
By: Jeremy on May 21, 2009
at 12:24 pm