Dominican slugger David Ortiz aka Big Papi who has raised his average 99 points, has hit five homers and has driven 15 races in his last 55 games, suggested in a radio interview and before the last game that the manager Boston Red Sox Terry Francona lost a little confidence in him and that the media rushed to judge while battling in the first half of the season.
"I was angry. He was angry. I was totally, absolutely mad" said the Dominican to WEEI Radio, referring to Francona's decision to take him out for a pinch hitter on April 27 in Toronto. "You know that if you go with me, you will receive two things: you win or you will die with me. That's right. So it has been since I've been here. "
"You have to believe in your players. Period. You chose to have me on your roster from day one, "continued the slugger. You have to go with me. "
A Ortiz was asked if that meant that Francona had lost faith, as the Dominican, was hitting just .154 at the time, with a homer and four RBIs in 15 games. "As I turned the page," said designated hitter, who suggested that no longer accept that it removed by a pop.
"You will not be," he said. "! I guarantee that."
Ortiz arrived in 2010 coming off a difficult season in which his average did not reach 200 points until mid-June. Yes finished with 99 RBIs, but also with an average of 238.
These problems continued at the beginning of this campaign. He ended up hitting .143 in April, and had also been taken by a pop vs April 20. Texas. On both occasions, Francona put to bat by Mike Lowell.
Ortiz blasted the media in the first half of the season for suggesting that the days had passed the Dominican as a productive hitter. Again criticized the press now.
"There are fans. There are fans that come with it. Are the media, "said Ortiz. "It's the media who think they know everything. You sit there have never played this game, talking about I have to go, now you're finished, you hit and you do not know, you can not do this or can not do that. You've never hit in your life. You know nothing about that ... I'm here, working hard, doing my thing. You do not pay attention to any of that. "
Ortiz told the Boston Globe: "We have completed one quarter of the season and I was dead long before that."
The Dominican, 34 years old told WEEI that he would like to play a few more years, but insisted that he shall decide when it's time to retire coomo active player.
"I was angry. He was angry. I was totally, absolutely mad" said the Dominican to WEEI Radio, referring to Francona's decision to take him out for a pinch hitter on April 27 in Toronto. "You know that if you go with me, you will receive two things: you win or you will die with me. That's right. So it has been since I've been here. "
"You have to believe in your players. Period. You chose to have me on your roster from day one, "continued the slugger. You have to go with me. "
A Ortiz was asked if that meant that Francona had lost faith, as the Dominican, was hitting just .154 at the time, with a homer and four RBIs in 15 games. "As I turned the page," said designated hitter, who suggested that no longer accept that it removed by a pop.
"You will not be," he said. "! I guarantee that."
Ortiz arrived in 2010 coming off a difficult season in which his average did not reach 200 points until mid-June. Yes finished with 99 RBIs, but also with an average of 238.
These problems continued at the beginning of this campaign. He ended up hitting .143 in April, and had also been taken by a pop vs April 20. Texas. On both occasions, Francona put to bat by Mike Lowell.
Ortiz blasted the media in the first half of the season for suggesting that the days had passed the Dominican as a productive hitter. Again criticized the press now.
"There are fans. There are fans that come with it. Are the media, "said Ortiz. "It's the media who think they know everything. You sit there have never played this game, talking about I have to go, now you're finished, you hit and you do not know, you can not do this or can not do that. You've never hit in your life. You know nothing about that ... I'm here, working hard, doing my thing. You do not pay attention to any of that. "
Ortiz told the Boston Globe: "We have completed one quarter of the season and I was dead long before that."
The Dominican, 34 years old told WEEI that he would like to play a few more years, but insisted that he shall decide when it's time to retire coomo active player.
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