White Sox fans continue to greet former Cubs shortstop Javy Bez when he returns to town with the Tigers, and he continues to feed off their boos.
When he got back to home plate, he waved his arms up and down, egging on the South Side crowd.
Báez has always been a player who thrives off fan energy, good or bad, and after the game discussed how he feeds off the boos. "It's fun,” he told Detroit reporters, including MLB.com’s Jason Beck. “They make me focus, make me play better, so it's good for me." Javier Báez on playing off of hostile crowd: "It's fun. They make me focus, make me play better, so it's good for me."Báez has appeared especially locked in when the Tigers have visited the South Side this season. He entered Saturday hitting .303 with a .576 slugging percentage — two homers, three doubles —and six RBIs at Guaranteed Rate Field this season.
“The second half he’s been swinging really good,” acting White Sox manager Miguel Cairo said of Báez. “We just got to make better pitches to him, that’s for sure.
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