Hunter Dobbins hates the Yankees.
The Boston Red Sox rookie right‑hander let it be known ahead of his first start against the Yankees Sunday that he would rather retire than wear pinstripes.
“My dad was a die-hard Red Sox fan,” Dobbins said, per the Boston Herald. “And I’ve said it before, that if the Yankees were the last team to give me a contract, I’d retire.”
Now 25, he grew up a Red Sox fan.
“I didn’t get attached to a team, but I grew up watching (the Red Sox), and just, I think out of disdain for the Yankees, I watched anybody but them.” Dobbins added.
And regarding his least favorite Yankee, Dobbins admitted it was pretty much all of them.
Although, one was safe.
“Can I say all of them but Andy Pettitte?” Dobbins asked. “Andy Pettitte and my dad were really good friends.”
The Boston Red Sox rookie right‑hander let it be known ahead of his first start against the Yankees Sunday that he would rather retire than wear pinstripes.
“My dad was a die-hard Red Sox fan,” Dobbins said, per the Boston Herald. “And I’ve said it before, that if the Yankees were the last team to give me a contract, I’d retire.”
Now 25, he grew up a Red Sox fan.
“I didn’t get attached to a team, but I grew up watching (the Red Sox), and just, I think out of disdain for the Yankees, I watched anybody but them.” Dobbins added.
And regarding his least favorite Yankee, Dobbins admitted it was pretty much all of them.
Although, one was safe.
“Can I say all of them but Andy Pettitte?” Dobbins asked. “Andy Pettitte and my dad were really good friends.”