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Longoria gives Price emoji lesson with Backstreet Boys lyrics

Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

Evan Longoria won't quit playing games with David Price over his discouragingly incomplete emoji game.

Everybody is now plenty familiar with the hot flame emoji - frequently used to demonstrate a passionate agreement or a fire take - but the larger than life Boston Red Sox starter was apparently unaware of its existence until Tuesday morning:

Of course, emojis have been around for years, which led Longoria, Price's former Tampa Bay Rays teammate, to channel the Backstreet Boys' platinum single "I Want It That Way" to show Price that he's the one, and just how to properly apply the emoji to a conversation:

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