There is no love lost between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, but David Ortiz still has some love for his team’s most bitter rival.
Not a lot of love, but a little bit.
Ortiz reflected on the heated rivalry in an open letter on the Player’s Tribune website, thanking Yankees fans for “bringing the best” out of him. The intensity of the rivalry made him into the player he is today, while the jeers raining down on him from the crowds at Yankee Stadium only served to fuel him.