David Price was sitting up straight at the podium in the middle of his introductory press conference at Fenway Park, listening intently to a reporter’s question when he heard the name, “David Ortiz.”
Immediately a big smile broke over Price’s face.
Price, who just signed a seven-year, $217-million contract to join the Red Sox, has been in a feud with David Ortiz since 2013, when Price thought Ortiz took too long rounding the bases after homering off him in the 2013 American League Division Series. The two have gone back and forth since, with Ortiz calling Price a “little girl” and Price snapping back at the All-Star Game this year, saying the 39-year-old Ortiz had lost a step or he would’ve been on the team with him.