Zack Britton’s mother is from the Dominican Republic and he still has family there, but the Yankees left-hander said Monday he hadn’t returned to the country “in an extremely long time” and the shooting of David Ortiz there on Sunday night is an example of why that’s the case.
“It’s the reason why my Mom doesn’t want me to go back,’’ Britton said Monday, a day after the former Red Sox slugger was shot while at a bar in his native country. “Most of my family is in Santo Domingo. Unfortunately, it’s not the safest place.