For almost a week, Vlad Guerrero Jr. refused to take the bait from the New York media’s attempts to revive his disdain for all things Yankees, a deep-rooted feeling he shares with his Hall of Fame father.
But in the joy of victory late Wednesday night, the Blue Jays first baseman revelled in poking some fun at the Bronx Bombers joining fellow Dominican star and Yankee hater, David Ortiz in a jeering duet.
In a live interview on FOX following the Jays decisive 5-2 win over the Yankees to wrap up the best-of-five ALDS in four games, Guerrero and Ortiz, the man known as Big Papi and a longtime pain in the Yankees butt while with the Red Sox, the pair teamed up for some uproarious trolling.
A play on former longtime Yankees broadcaster John Sterling’s signature on-air call, a drawn-out “THE