Juan Soto is the best example of the enormous animosity that a baseball player can earn by changing teams in the same city and in the midst of a great rivalry, but when talking about the New York teams the case becomes something extreme and proof of this is the hostile environment that he had to face during the last ‘Subway Series’ at Yankee Stadium, in the expected return to what was his home since he was traded by the San Diego Padres.
Many New York Yankees fans made it difficult for Soto to return to the Bronx, and surely among them was well-known actor Nicholas Turturro, who has gained notoriety for his outspoken diatribes against the Dominican baseball player, and who once again went for the jugular for the simple fact of changing jerseys and boroughs, from the Bronx to Queens.
When the stunning economic move that led Soto to become a Met was revealed, from Yankees fans who were still mourning their World Series loss to the Dodgers, Turturro was one of the first to openly voice his anger and resentment at the player who “didn’t even say goodbye”, something he reproached him for in a post on X, where he told him he was a “fraud”.
“We’re better off without this guy”
Today, from a distance, Turturro sees things in perspective and in light of the new season he believes he no longer has much to complain about, nor to complain to the Dominican, as he is more interested in the good start of the Yankees and looks over his shoulder at the small crisis of the Mets and in particular of the Dominican, whom he continues to label as a ‘traitor‘.
“Overall, our pitching and our team seem to be totally complete, but better. It’s a work in progress, and in the long run, I think we’re better off without this guy (Soto). You can’t just assign the money to one person and not cover all the needs,” Turturro said.
Although he shouted his courage at him at Yankee Stadium, Turturro reflects on the matter and considers Soto’s stay with the Bombers as a ‘one night stand’, which when it ended hurt, but everyone has managed to overcome. And that’s what he’s doing, albeit in his own way, as he wishes the Dominican luck, but then insults him again: “God bless him, let him go, good luck, get out of here!”.
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