There's the expectation of what's going to happen: as you (even jokingly) say, Boston's racism will show its self. But really, short of mock lynchings, I doubt it will be any more severe than what Barry gets when he plays in LA, for example. However, let's say some take Ortiz's words to heart, then that'll be an excuse to argue, look, Boston's not racist. But, again, anything short of a ticker-tape parade, and it will be no different than the thousands of fans who boo when Bonds bats but stand up and applaud when he (eventually) hits a home run, or boo their own team when he's walked even.

In short, Boston is neither racist or unracist (ha), and Barry's appearance will only be a gauge of the mood of thirty thousand baseball fans at that particular time.

>so we know what the reception will be and why it will be that
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>*waits for Dave Roberts Standing ovation*