Within the confines of Fenway Park, Alex Rodriguez is the most loathed Yankee of recent vintage.
In a 2019 Boston.com “Biggest Boston Sports Villains” bracket, A-Rod was the runner-up to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who was a mortal lock to take that title after Deflategate and probably will hold it for life.
But to David Ortiz, Rodriguez was no villain. He was his buddy Alex, a friend from their earliest days in professional baseball, when they were both Mariners minor leaguers and Ortiz, years from finding fame, had a different last name.
“How long have we been close?