It's October, so David Ortiz legged out a double faster than he did all season
Despite being, in the words of former teammate
But we all know that there is no Big Papi quite like October Papi, and in the eighth inning of the Red Sox's 5-4 loss to the Indians in Game 1 of the ALDS on Thursday night, he hit the first double of his final postseason ...
And, according to Statcast™, ran faster than he ran all year:
Why yes, that was @davidortiz’s fastest home-to-second time of the season.
— #Statcast (@statcast) October 7, 2016
8.91 seconds. #Statcast
In fact, that was his fastest run of the Statcast™ era, beating his previous best of 9.04 seconds. That one came in the bottom of the ninth of a matchup against the Rangers on May 21 of last year.
The Indians eventually challenged whether Ortiz was safe, but of course he was. There's a band named after his blazing speed on the basepaths for a reason.
See if Ortiz breaks out the speed in ALDS Game 2 on Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET on TBS.