The Red Sox held a 10th anniversary reunion for the 2007 world championship team prior to the game, but all eyes and ears were on David Ortiz and his take on this year's Red Sox edition.
In the wake of the recent kerfuffle involving David Price's dressing-down of broadcaster Dennis Eckersley on the team plane for being too harsh in his criticism of the team, Ortiz took a direct but diplomatic approach.
Price is a good teammate, said Ortiz. For this to move on, he needs to do the right thing and deal directly with Eckersley.
“Sometimes as a player we handle the business through emotions, which is something we get caught on that but at some point you've got to recognize that whenever you do something wrong, you come out and do what you got to do and keep the line moving," Ortiz said.