Game recognizes game.
Kevin Kiermaier is a two-time Gold Glove-winning center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays. He knows great outfield play when he sees it. He saw it Friday night when the Red Sox' Jackie Bradley Jr. did what he usually does to a ball sailing toward the gap.
Kiermairer had to tweet his appreciation for JBJ's third-inning robbery of Tommy Pham's shot toward the 379-foot marker in the Sox' 7-3 victory over the Rays.
Bradley has yet to win a Gold Glove and amazingly wasn't even among the finalists for the honor in center field last season. With JBJ, Kiermaier and Kevin Pillar of the Blue Jays all in the A.L. East, it figures to be quite a competition again this season.
Mike Cameron, another former Gold Glove center fielder who spent time with the Red Sox, tried to boost JBJ's chances to win one with this tweet: