David Ortiz got his Yankee Stadium standing ovation. But we’ll never know for sure whether Yankees fans hold Big Papi in the same high regard their Red Sox counterparts do for Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
When the Yankees saluted Boston’s longtime designated hitter Thursday evening, before sweeping past the Red Sox in a 5-1 victory — and getting eliminated from the playoffs nonetheless thanks to the Orioles’ 4-0 blanking of the Blue Jays in Toronto — the retiring Ortiz received overwhelming love … from a crowd that was overwhelmingly pro-Red Sox.
In February, Ortiz told The Post’s Kevin Kernan, “You know what I want most of all?