The Rays and Red Sox haven’t exactly been buddy-buddy this season. On May 25, the two teams were combatants in a benches-clearing brawl, as the Red Sox didn’t enjoy Yunel Escobar stealing third base with a five-run lead in the seventh inning. The next weekend, the AL East rivals had a beanball war which forced the Red Sox to go four-deep on their manager depth chart.
Here’s some more fuel to the fire. Red Sox DH David Ortiz belted a three-run home run in the top of the third inning off of Rays starter Chris Archer, giving the Sox a 3-0 lead. Ortiz, as he often does, admired his handiwork before jogging around the bases. Watch the homer:
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After the game, Archer expressed displeasure with Ortiz’s self-admiration:#rays Archer said Ortiz HR trot is “perfect example” of when Price said Ortiz feels he’s “bigger than the game.”
— RMooneyTBO (@RMooneyTBO) July 27, 2014#rays Archer said Ortiz “feels the show is all about him.”
— RMooneyTBO (@RMooneyTBO) July 27, 2014Archer: “I don’t know what makes him think he can showboat the way he does.”
— Brian MacPherson (@brianmacp) July 27, 2014Ortiz fired back:
Ortiz on #Rays Archer: “He’s not the right guy to be saying that, I think. He’s got two days in the league”
— RMooneyTBO (@RMooneyTBO) July 27, 2014Ortiz: “Players today are too sensitive. I’ll leave it at that.”
— Brian MacPherson (@brianmacp) July 27, 2014Follow @CrashburnAlley
