Prior to Sunday’s game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, nationally televised on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Boston’s rookie starting pitcher was quoted in a Boston Herald story saying that he would rather retire than sign a contract with the Yankees.

On Wednesday, however, an article in the New York Post tabloid accused Dobbins of telling “a series of lies” in his anti-Yankees story. Dobbins was made aware of the charges, according to a MassLive report, but on Wednesday morning said that he needed time before responding.

But meeting with the media in the Red Sox Fenway Park dugout prior to Wednesday’s Red Sox game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Dobbins offered his response.

What Did Dobbins Say to Cause Controversy?

First, the backstory.

Dobbins a 25-year-old from Bryan, Texas, who was a Red Sox eighth-round 2021 draft pick out of Texas Tech, most likely had little idea of the storm of controversy that his remarks would create. ESPN’s announcers on the telecast discussed them repeatedly, and even asked Yankees superstar Aaron Judge to respond to Dobbins’ remarks before the game.

Judge said he was “a little surprised” by Dobbins’ remarks, and Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm — interviewed while playing his position during the game by ESPN — remarked, “I love competitiveness. But to say that, being a rookie, is kind of crazy to me, to say that you’re going to rule out one out of 30 teams to be a professional athlete.”

In the Herald story, Dobbins explained...

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