Ortiz Wins HR Derby, Wants Contract Extension
Timing is everything, as they say.
What better time to ask for a contract extension after putting on a mammoth exhibition of power in front of millions of viewers, after hitting .317/.467/.671 in your last 25 games? The problem is that the Red Sox have a one-year team option on him for the 2011 season, and it is really not in their best interests to discuss a long-term deal with an overweight 35-year-old DH.
Perhaps if Bud Selig agrees to ban left-handed pitchers from the game of baseball? You know, since Ortiz is hitting .192/.277/.301 against them. Just ask a nun at any Catholic school: left-handed people are the spawn of Satan. The Italian word for left is “sinistro”, not coincidentally sounding a bit like “sinister”.
If we could just get AL pitchers to throw nothing but 70 mph fastballs when Ortiz is hitting…