{"id":81781,"date":"2025-08-22T15:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81781"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:28:25","slug":"red-soxs-roman-anthony-shows-surprising-swagger-after-clutch-hr-vs-yankees-proving-himself-as-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-in-the-rivalry-the-rookies-confidence-was-on-full-display-as-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81781","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox\u2019s Roman Anthony Shows Surprising Swagger After Clutch HR vs. Yankees, Proving Himself as a Force to be Reckoned With in the Rivalry! The rookie&#8217;s confidence was on full display as he rounded the bases, soaking in the adoration of the Fenway faithful and sending a clear message to the Bronx Bombers: he&#8217;s not intimidated by the big stage."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231399649-e1755874407258.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231399649-e1755874407258.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231399649-e1755874407258.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231399649-e1755874407258.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox's Roman Anthony Shows Surprising Swagger After Clutch HR vs. Yankees\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox OF Roman Anthony<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the aspects of Red Sox rookie outfielder Roman Anthony that both coaches and teammates very often extol is his approach to the game, which is based around the tried-and-true virtues of hard work and humility. Those are admirable qualities. But sometimes, you\u2019ve just got to pull a bat flip.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what Anthony, Boston\u2019s budding 21-year-old star, did on Thursday at Yankee Stadium, after he knocked a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to give the Red Sox a ninth-inning cushion in a 6-3 win over the rival Yankees. The hit came off of reliever Yerry de los Santos, and after Anthony followed through on his swing, he stood for a moment and watched the blast, flipping his bat to the side.<\/p>\n<p>For Anthony, that is about as showboat-ish as it gets.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Alex Cora noted, via MassLive, \u201c\u201cFirst time I\u2019ve seen that.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Roman Anthony Makes Impression vs. Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>Anthony was pretty well overtaken by the moment, with the Red Sox battling the Yankees for playoff positioning here in late April and badly in need of a win after two frustrating losses to the last-place Orioles this week. He had faced the Yankees before, back in June at Fenway Park when he was first called up to the big leagues, but was 0-for-5 in that series.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a Red Sox uniform in Yankee Stadium was different for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it\u2019s probably what I imagined, and maybe even a little more,\u201d said Anthony, via MLB.com. \u201cI love playing in an atmosphere. I love being booed. I love everything about it. We know the rivalry, and it was exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the bat flip, he said he was not sure where it came from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just happened. I don\u2019t even know. I don\u2019t usually do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Red Sox\u2019s Bregman Has High Praise<\/h2>\n<p>The Red Sox win pulls them to 69-59, a half-game behind the Yankees and 5.0 games behind the Blue Jays in the AL East. That puts them second in the wild-card mix. They\u2019re a game up on the Mariners, who currently hold the No. 3 wild-card spot in the AL, and 3.0 games ahead of the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>For Anthony, it was a magical night, as he went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. He is now batting .286 with a .405 on-base percentage and a .448 slugging mark.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran star Alex Bregman had high praise for Anthony after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, he is probably the most mature 21-year-old, baseball-wise, I have ever been around in my life,\u201d Bregman said. \u201cI\u2019m trying to find out what he does wrong, honestly. We don\u2019t know if he has any vices or anything. He just does everything the right way. The moment is never too big for him. He knows who he is. He knows what he does well. And he sticks with that and he executes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean Deveney is a veteran sports reporter covering the NBA, NFL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has written for Heavy since 2019 and has more than two decades of experience covering the NBA, including 17 years as the lead NBA reporter for the Sporting News. Deveney is the author of 7 nonfiction books, including &#8220;Fun City,&#8221; &#8220;Before Wrigley became Wrigley,&#8221; and &#8220;Facing Michael Jordan.&#8221; More about Sean Deveney<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony has been as good as advertised, and is finally showing some swagger, to boot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox\u2019s Roman Anthony Shows Surprising Swagger After Clutch HR vs. Yankees, Proving Himself as a Force to be Reckoned With in the Rivalry! 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