Comments on: Michael Kay explains the secret of David Ortiz: Killing them with kindness http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/19/michael-kay-explains-the-secret-of-david-ortiz-killing-them-with-kindness/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: giantglass http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/19/michael-kay-explains-the-secret-of-david-ortiz-killing-them-with-kindness/#comment-439 giantglass Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:15:01 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/19/michael-kay-explains-the-secret-of-david-ortiz-killing-them-with-kindness/#comment-439 I live in New York and so have heard Kay beat this horse 100 times before. He took up the NY Post banner -- "ya gotta bean Big Papi" -- months ago and has been running with it ever since. To compare Big Papi's approach to life or his sport with Michael Jordan's is to not know either man. I don't claim to, either, but it's clear through watching Jordan that he was like a mafia don -- he operated on a platform of intimidation, not kindness (just ask Steve Kerr, the teammate whose lip he bloodied). Anyone who took a shot at Jordan on the court risked being ostracized from the NBA fraternity he ran and all the financial rewards therein. Papi doesn't have and doesn't pretend to have that kind of power in the MLB. Speaking of intimidation, I think the only reason Jim Kaat and Al Leiter haven't taken Kay apart on the air is because they're afraid Kay's uncle, Danny Aiello, might bring some of his friends to the YES booth. I live in New York and so have heard Kay beat this horse 100 times before. He took up the NY Post banner — “ya gotta bean Big Papi” — months ago and has been running with it ever since.

To compare Big Papi’s approach to life or his sport with Michael Jordan’s is to not know either man. I don’t claim to, either, but it’s clear through watching Jordan that he was like a mafia don — he operated on a platform of intimidation, not kindness (just ask Steve Kerr, the teammate whose lip he bloodied). Anyone who took a shot at Jordan on the court risked being ostracized from the NBA fraternity he ran and all the financial rewards therein.

Papi doesn’t have and doesn’t pretend to have that kind of power in the MLB.

Speaking of intimidation, I think the only reason Jim Kaat and Al Leiter haven’t taken Kay apart on the air is because they’re afraid Kay’s uncle, Danny Aiello, might bring some of his friends to the YES booth.

]]> By: Sully http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/19/michael-kay-explains-the-secret-of-david-ortiz-killing-them-with-kindness/#comment-431 Sully Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:22:21 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/08/19/michael-kay-explains-the-secret-of-david-ortiz-killing-them-with-kindness/#comment-431 maybe pitchers are afraid to throw at Papi because they're scared he'll throw a bunch of bats at them like he did to that umpire two years ago... maybe pitchers are afraid to throw at Papi because they’re scared he’ll throw a bunch of bats at them like he did to that umpire two years ago…

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