Broken friendship? Big Papi, A-Rod aren't speaking to each other

By foxsports
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David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez haven’t spoken to each other since January.

According to Ortiz, who spoke to the New York Post, he was upset after Rodriguez’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, went on ESPN radio and insinuated that somebody on the Red Sox had used PEDs previously.

 “I’m not going to start naming all the other players, but some of them are God-like in Boston right now, and people seem to forget that.” Tacopina later said he was not referring to Ortiz, “just other players in general.”

Whoever he was referring to, Ortiz came away sour. “I was angry,” he said Thursday. After a full season of baseball, Ortiz has given no indication that the anger has subsided.

When asked if he was OK with A-Rod nearly 11 months following Tacopina’s comments, Ortiz answered “I haven’t talked to him since.”

With A-Rod suiting up again for the 2015 Yankees, the April 10 meeting between the two teams might be the first opportunity for the two to reconcile (unless they both play in one of the two Yankees-Red Sox spring training games in March). When Rodriguez next trots onto the diamond, he’ll be 40. Ortiz was asked if he thought Rodriguez can still play.

Whether or not Ortiz and A-Rod talk before their teams first meet next season, the focus will be on Rodriguez and whether he can still play.