There is no contest here. JF takes the mike and gives an English lesson. David Ortiz walks into the clubhouse and gets mauled with hugs, smiles and chatter.
I can just imagine what it would be like if it were “Manager Ortiz!” Mookie would not be hitting ,260. (he wouldn’t be 0-1 every at bat either). A few chats with Bogie, and he would not be going 0 for whatever in this playoff series.
Durocher had baseball snarts. Casey Stemgel had baseball smarts, Joe McCarthy and Grankie Frisch had baseball smarts. I am equally certain that David Ortiz has as much “baseball smarts’ as any of them,