Calling His Shot
May 23, 2008
A buddy of mine from Norwood, Mass., forwarded me the following link to Eric Wilbur’s sports blog on the Boston Globe website: http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2008/05/23/promo_copy/. In it, Wilbur reviews the controversy of David Ortiz’s participation in a State Farm-sponsored contest during the 2008 All Star Game to be played at Yankee Stadium. As part of the contest “Call Your Shot,” State Farm will select a fan to predict where Ortiz where deposit a ball during the home run derby contest. The Yankees brass is up in arms, according to Wilbur and a NY Times story that he cites, that a Sox hitter and Yankee killer, Ortiz, gets to play Babe Ruth, instead of a Yankee. Yet another headache for Hank Steinbrenner in what has been a rocky first season to date at the ownership helm.
