ANAHEIM – Angels manager Mike Scioscia could only scowl and walk slowly from the dugout to the clubhouse in obvious agony. David Ortiz had just won the decisive Game 3 of the 2004 American League Division Series for the Boston Red Sox with a blast over the Green Monster at Fenway Park.
It’s one of Scioscia’s worst playoff memories, one he recalled Thursday as the Angels played host to Ortiz for the final series of his career at Angel Stadium. Even a payback in the form of a three-game sweep by the Angels over Ortiz and the Red Sox in 2009 couldn’t erase the bad memories.