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Pedroia to Ortiz critics: Relax, people 05.04.10 at 11:01 pm ET
By Mike Petraglia

Dustin Pedroia defended teammate David Ortiz after the Red Sox slugger struck out twice and hit into a pair of double plays, including one with the bases loaded and none out in a 1-1 game in the eighth inning Tuesday. The Red Sox won the game, 5-1, thanks to Jeremy Hermida’s three-run double after Ortiz’s 4-2-3 double play in the eighth.

But Ortiz heard the boos and is now hitting just .149 in 67 at-bats this season with three homers and six RBI.

“David’s fine,” Pedroia said. “He’s one of our teammates. It could’ve been me that hit into a double play. It happens to everybody, man. He’s had 60 at-bats. A couple of years ago, I was hitting .170 and everyone was ready to kill me too. What happened? Laser show, so relax. I’m tired of looking at the NESN poll, ‘Why is David struggling?’ David’s fine. He’s one of our teammates. We believe in him. He came out of it last year, he’s going to come out of it this year.

“It’s 25 guys, man. We met the other day. We need everybody to win. This isn’t two or three guys who are going to carry a team. We need everybody to help us win games. We have each other’s backs and we’re ready for the long haul. We started out [crappy] but we’re going to come out of it. We believe that.”

[Click here to listen to Pedroia's postgame defense of David Ortiz.]

As for Hermida, the man who picked up Papi in the eighth inning with a three-run, go-ahead double, he said Ortiz was the first to congratulate him when he came around to score on Mike Lowell’s double to make it 5-1.

“He was one of the first guys to come up to me and said, ‘Way to pick me up,’” Hermida said. “That shows what kind of teammate he is and what kind of guy he is. He realizes there’s only so much he can do out there. He squared up a ball but unfortunately it was right at somebody. Fortunately, we were able to come through and get the knock when we needed it.”

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  • albsoxfan

    Pedroia is a good friend and teammate, but he must know that Ortiz is NOT fine. He is on life support. It’s no even his fault anymore. Francona keeps putting him out there, with little chance of success at this point. NO FAN should ever boo Ortiz-you don’t have to cheer, but you never boo. He really should have been pinch hit for- for the good of the team and for his own good. What possible excuse can Tito have for pinch hitting Lowell for McDonald, but not for Ortiz?

  • Richard

    You cant keep making excuses for David

  • Marlene Moore

    No matter what the fans say the Red Sox know more than we do. Let it go. Ortiz has been a great asset for the Red Sox. Let it go. Negativity is no good.

  • http://backtofoulke.wordpress.com Don

    “This is the End …… my only friend ….. the end” — Jim Morrison

    On another topic, Dustin self-titling his May of 2007 as “the Laser Show” is so rich that it almost defies description.

  • albsoxfan

    Marlene Moore-Let WHAT go? This is not the Harmonic Convergence, it is baseball.Ortiz HAS been a great asset, but for right now, he is not, and is costing the Red Sox games.

  • Chris in Illinois

    Way off topic here … When Pedey comes to bat, I want the Fenway scoreboard operator to play that clip from “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” when Dr. Evil does the quote gesture with his fingers and says, “Lay-ser.”

  • Brian dougherty

    I love the comment “Laser show.” Pedroia is the man!

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