A Red Sox player defending a Yankees player? Sounds crazy right? Especially when you thrown in the fact that David Ortiz was actually defending AROD against one of his own Red Sox teammates. It might sound like a crazy situation, but Ortiz and AROD have actually been friends for years. Last Week while the Yanks were visiting the Red Sox, Ryan Dempster decided to hit Rodriguez with a pitch with obvious intent. He threw at him 4 straight times, missing the first 3 times and then finally hitting him to the joy of the Boston crown. But Ortiz is now saying he did not like that. Could that cause any problems in his own locker room? Hit the jump to see what he said.
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Ryan Dempster was suspended for 5 games for the incident, but that wasn’t much of a suspension for how obvious he hit Rodriguez. When David Ortiz was asked about it he did not hold back. He was quoted
“I didn’t like it. I don’t think it was the right thing to do. But we don’t all think alike, and the guy who did it — Dempster — is a great guy. It’s not that I didn’t think it was right because Alex and I are friends, because once you cross the white lines, everyone’s on their own. But we’ve got Tampa right on our heels, and that pitch woke up a monster in the Yankees’ team at that moment. You saw how the game ended up. CC Sabathia was throwing 91 (mph) and started throwing 96. Alex later hit one way out there. You’re talking about a good team that you can’t wake up. But we learn from our mistakes.”
Not sure if he is more upset about how Dempster handled it, or if it’s because he is nervous the Yankees might get some momentum off of the situation. It is not out of the question that they could catch the Red Sox for the division before the season ends, they have been playing very well lately. I wonder if Ortiz and Dempster will talk about it.
