"If anybody is going to do it, Big Papi is going to find his way through the wind," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "I just thought the count (3-2) was probably the difference. He had to throw a strike."
1) Please don't refer to David Ortiz as "Big Papi," like he's your friend.
There are a lot of Yankee fans in the audience who don't like the Red Sox. We don't like the Red Sox players. They are not our friends. When you refer to Ortiz as "Big Papi" and speak so admiringly about his homerun, it sounds like you're giving a Red Sox player a high five.
Is Joe Torre friends with the Red Sox players? I think he probably is. It might explain why Ortiz never gets dusted when he plays the Yankees.
It also might explain why Billy Martin is spinning in his grave.
2) If Myers walks Ortiz, then the bases are loaded with one out and a ground ball gets a double play.
Manny Ramirez is no slouch himself. You're in a tough spot either way. Manny might have followed with a grand slam.
Also, the game was probably already lost when Loretta drove in a run off That Pitcher Who Shall Remain Nameless. (I'm seriously wondering, by the way, if Torre has his good ol' bullpen depth chart, but just gets confused because he sometimes hangs it upside-down.)
I'm not saying Myers should have walked Ortiz. I'm just saying Myers didn't have to throw a strike.
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