James Paxton apparently can’t please anybody. First, attacked by America’s national bird. Then by his own countryman?
Fellow Canuck, Reds first baseman Joey Votto, was asked Tuesday on Yahoo Sports’ MLB podcast about Paxton’s no-hitter against the Blue Jays last week, the second ever by a Canadian and the first to do so in his homeland.
“I don’t care almost at all about Canadian baseball,” Votto told Yahoo. “I wasn’t raised inside of Canadian baseball, really. I’m coming up on half of my life being in the United States working and being supported by American baseball.