For David Ortiz, this may be one of the lasting scars from September's collapse, that the Boston Red Sox clubhouse was portrayed as a place where there were few, if any, leaders to be found. Worse yet is the idea that it was no different this season. Understand, then, that Ortiz's first reaction was suspicion when he was asked Monday night, after he'd hit a home run onto Eutaw Street beyond the right-field fence in Camden Yards in an 8-6 Boston victory, about the team meeting he called on May 11, in the midst of the uproar over Josh Beckett's golf game. "Who told you about that meeting?" he said. Told that it had already been reported, Ortiz did not reveal details, other than in general terms, about what was said in the course of the meeting. But as the player with the most seniority in the Red Sox clubhouse now that Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek have retired, Ortiz minced few words in describing how insulting he finds it to be dismissed as lacking leadership qualities -- not only by the media, but by the people running the team. "Well, let me tell you, I was reading an article [that] talked about the leaders people call 'leaders' in this town," he said. "Basically, it seems like no matter what you do, it's not good enough. "And you can only call leaders the guys who are out diving for balls on the field or calling pitches behind the plate?" Read more: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7958209/david-ortiz-blasts-notion-not-leader-boston-red-sox
