David Ortiz does not like “Reporter With The Red Jheri Curl”

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is the latest to rip Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy.

Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy has made a name for himself over the years as being a bit brazen, willing to push the envelope, and not afraid to ask the tough questions. At times, that has put him at odds with players, and even other news outlets, as to how he covers the teams.

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Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz continued that streak, offering up a fairly critical opinion of Shaughnessy in an editorial he penned for Derek Jeter’s player run site, The Players Tribune. Of course, he doesn’t identify Shaughnessy by name (he may not actually know it), but he certainly eludes to him in the following excerpt:

"“In 2013, I came off the DL and started hot. My first 20 games I was hitting like .400. And the reporter with the red jheri curl from The Boston Globe comes into the locker room says, “You’re from the Dominican. You’re older. You fit the profile of a steroid user. Don’t you think you’re a prime suspect?”He’s saying this with a straight face. I had taken like 70 at-bats. Anybody can get hot and hit .400 with 70 at-bats. I was stunned. I’m like, I’m Dominican? I fit the profile? Are you kidding me?I wanted to kill this guy. But you can’t react. That’s what they want. They want you to get angry so they can bury you. So I just smiled at him and asked for his address.“Why do you want my address?” he said.“Because I just got tested two days ago.” I said. “I’ll mail you the f****ing results.”This is a reporter from my own city coming to my locker and telling me I’m too good, that I must be on some shit. I’m sitting there thinking, Man, I get tested 10 times a year and I’ve helped win this town two World Series titles in 2004 and 2007 and this guy who has never played a game of professional baseball in his life is telling me I’m a suspect.My test was clean just like the other 8 or 9 tests that season. My batting average settled down to .300, because of course it did. I hit like 30 home runs and we won the World Series. Was that acceptable for the reporter? Were my numbers too high for a player from the Dominican? Should I have taken another blood test before popping the damn champagne?He never apologized.”"

Ortiz isn’t the first Red Sox player to rip into Shaughnessy for asking the tough questions, or even crossing the line for that matter. Curt Schilling once ripped into Shaughnessy by taking him to task for such actions.

"“I think there’s things that you write that are absolutely and totally unequivocally uncalled for. I think you take personal vendettas to the paper. I think you rip people in the paper because you don’t like them whether they’re good people or not. As an athlete, that bothers me, but as a teammate of these people, it bothers me even more.”"

And then there is Carl Everett, who took it a step further and anointed Shaughnessy the “Curly-Haired Boyfriend”.

No, I think it’s safe to say he’s not well-liked in the Red Sox clubhouse. However, he sells newspapers (or web clicks now), and that’s why he can continue to offer up the opinions he does.

(h/t The Big Lead)

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Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is the latest to rip Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy.

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