David Ortiz had many clutch hits in his illustrious Red Sox career, and NESN play-by-play announcer Dave O’Brien acknowledged as much to Ortiz in an interview Tuesday.
“It’s a bad question, an unfair question,” O’Brien said during the Red Sox’s 8-3 loss to the Guardians. “I’m going to ask it anyway.”
The question: Which of Ortiz’s clutch hits was his favorite?
Ortiz was silent for a moment — not because he was annoyed by the “unfair question,” but presumably because there were so many to sift through.
“That I hit against the Tigers,” Ortiz said thoughtfully.