Ortiz targets bat-flip haters in expletive-laden tirade

One day after reflecting on how the Minnesota Twins mistreated him early in his career, David Ortiz is expressing his disgust for bat-flip haters.

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Big Papi, who has swatted 503 homers over 19 big-league seasons, sounded off Sunday on "old school" critics that have taken issue with home-run celebrations.

Here are some of the highlights from his expletive-laden rant as told to The Boston Globe's Alex Speier.

Whenever somebody criticizes a power hitter for what we do after we hit a home run, I consider that person someone who is not able to hit a homer ever in his life. Look at who criticizes the power hitters in the game and what we do. It's either a pitcher or somebody that never played the game. Think about it. You don't know that feeling. You don't know what it takes to hit a homer off a guy who throws 95 mph. You don't know anything about it. And if you don't know anything about it (shut up). (Shut up). Seriously. If you don't know anything about it, (shut up), because that is another level.

My daddy told me, when I was 7, "Even if I am on the mound teaching the game to you, and you are facing me, try to hurt me. This is competition," Respect? Respect my (expletive). I don't have to respect nobody when I'm between those two lines. I'm trying to beat everybody when I'm between those two lines. This ain't no crying. There's no, "Let me be concerned about taking you deep." No.

When a power hitter does a bat flip, you don't hurt nobody. If I hit a homer, did a bat flip, threw it in the stands and break a couple people's heads, I understand. But that's not what it is. When you see a pitcher do a fist pump when they strike out any of us, or jumping on the mound, I don't see anybody talking about that. Nobody's talking about that. Act the same way when we do a bat flip. It's emotion. It is, "I got you." Just like a pitcher does, "I got you," when they strike (you out). As a hitter, I don't mind. You got myself out? Good for you. They work hard to do that (expletive). But when I get you, good for me. Period.

Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage recently blasted Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista for his famous bat flip in Game 5 of the American League Division Series versus the Texas Rangers last postseason. Gossage called Bautista a "disgrace to the game" for his sign of disrespect.

"This ain't no old school. This is what it is in today's day," Ortiz concluded. "You pull yourself together and get people out, or you pull yourself together and you go home. That's what it is."