Having held on to win the division regardless of the Yankees’ late common season surge, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays bought the higher of their AL East rivals as soon as once more within the ALDS, sending them crashing out of the playoffs after a 5-2 win within the Bronx on Wednesday.
Within the aftermath of the Yankees’ elimination, together with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his teammates, Boston Pink Sox legend David Ortiz additionally gave the impression to be having the time of his life.
As Ortiz, who now works as an analyst for MLB on FOX, chatted to Guerrero post-game whereas the Blue Jays’ clubhouse celebrated within the background, the pair of Dominican sluggers trolled the Bronx Bombers collectively on air, whereas Yankees legends Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, who have been additionally on the panel, appeared on.
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The clip of Ortiz and Guerrero celebrating the Yankees’ distress has since gone viral on X, and on Thursday, Atlanta Braves legned Chipper Jones additionally shared his response.
“OMG…..JEE and ARod left speechless!” Chipper Jones posted to X
Like David Ortiz, one other Pink Sox legend was fast to have fun Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays’ ALDS triumph in opposition to the Yankees
Given the bitter rivalry the New York Yankees and the Boston Pink Sox share, together with the truth that the Yankees eradicated the Pink Sox from the playoffs en path to the ALDS, it’s not shocking to see these of a Pink Sox persuasion celebrating the Bronx Bombers’ elimination from the playoffs.
Similar to David Ortiz, one other Pink Sox legend, three-time Cy Younger award winner Pedro Martinez, was fast to have fun the Blue Jays’ decisive victory on Wednesday.
Shortly after the sport ended, Martinez counseled the efficiency of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who’s by the way additionally his godson. Speaking about how devastatingly dominant Vladdy was on the plate all sequence, Martinez jokingly referred to as him the Yankees’ “daddy”.
“My godson Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is your daddy,” Martinez boasted. “That may be a truth. Now they do not have to go looking wherever, they simply have to take a look at Vladdy and say, ‘you are my daddy, Vladdy…I am the godfather of Vladdy and now, he is their daddy,” Martinez mentioned (0:45-1:12)
It’s no secret that the Bronx Bombers are one among Guerrero’s favourite groups to play in opposition to, and the Dominican has given them loads of bother up to now. Nonetheless, he took it to a a complete new degree on this sequence. Over the course of the 4 ALDS video games, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit three dwelling runs, registering a complete of 9 RBIs.
Edited by Raghav Mehta