The Boston Red Sox have an absurd amount of history and legendary players, including those currently on the roster like David Ortiz.
But Big Papi sometimes sticks his big foot in his big mouth, much like he did recently when he suggested Ted Williams‘ famous home run was ‘BS’.
Williams, who allegedly hit a mammoth 502 foot home run at Fenway Park, which is marked by a red seat is said to have hit the longest homer in the history of the stadium. Such will never likely be replicated given the changes to Fenway Park over the years, but David Ortiz doesn’t seem to believe that Ted Williams ever hit a ball that far.
“The red seat?” Ortiz said to Boston Globe reporter Alex Speier. “Cough — bull — cough.”
“I don’t think anyone has ever hit one there,” he said to the Globe. “I went up there and sat there one time. That’s far, brother. Listen, do you see the No. 1 [Bobby Doerr‘s retired uniform number on the façade above the right field grandstand]? I hit that one time. You know how far it is to that No. 1 from the plate? Very far. And you know how far that red seat is from the No. 1? It’s 25 rows up still. That’s the farthest I’ve ever hit the ball right there, and no one else has gotten to the No. 1 … The closest one that I have ever seen — I remember a day game, I hit a ball in that tunnel. But still — I crushed one and it wasn’t even close to that.”
What do you think, baseball fans? Fair or foul?
