Tangentially related:
My wife is an attorney and got an invite, along with a ton of other attorneys in New England, from a vendor, Thomson Reuters, to participate in a live Q&A/watch party for the first couple of innings on Wednesday with Keith Foulke. My 10 year old daughter was so excited as they sent a swag pack the week prior including a signed ball. We watched Faith Rewarded the week before. I had told my kids all about Papi's heroics in the ALCS, but it was fun to give them the complete picture, including seeing A-Rod's catcher's mitt sandwich (good), them hearing Nomar's name, probably for the first time (bad- definitely my fault, since he was Mookie before Mookie) and Schilling's epic performance in spite of his despicable behavior since (really ugly). We paused the parade footage so they could see their mom up on my shoulders on Boylston.
Anyhow, it turned out there were maybe only 15 people on the zoom, including TR employees, so we got to chat for the full hour and he was really candid. As it was reported in '04, he really doesn't seem to give a shit about anything baseball unless he's directly involved. Everyone in my family got to ask a question. My 7 year old asked what his favorite thing about baseball was and he said the competition and the salary. My 10 year old asked why he was #29 (her favorite number). When he got to Chicago he asked for #9 since it was his favorite inning to pitch, but it was retired, as was 19, so 29 was the first available. I asked him if when he showed up in '04 if Manny busted his beans over
this homer from the prior season or if he didn't even realize Foulke was the same guy. Unfortunately, he said he didn't remember that homerun. I also asked if thought the expanded playoffs diminished the regular season at all. He was aware of a change, but had no clue about any of the details, which was consistent with his "love" of baseball. Although he was at Cooperstown for a HOF game, he said he had a "good time" the night before, so slept through the tour but then jumped in with how fantastic the hockey HOF was.
Overall, it was really enjoyable and he seemed very much like his persona, but a lot more affable.
P.S. That's not my kid in the foreground. Even my dog was into it.
P.P.S. The answer is still Ortiz.