![]() ![]() “You’d think prized thoroughbreds would cost more than that,” Votto said. Votto said he has not finalized his decision on what donkey to give Cozart, but said he estimated that the donkey will cost him in the $100-$400 range. “I’ve had people - I’m not on social media - but they’re all like, ‘We can’t wait to see your donkey!’ That’s the topic of conversation now, mostly. “There will be a donkey in Cincinnati, I’m sure, when I get back,” he said. Joey Votto and Zack Cozart (Dan Hamilton/USA TODAY Sports) He said, ‘If you make the All-Star team, I’m going to buy you a donkey.’ And I was like, ‘alright, whatever.’ And it didn’t happen last year, so that was just kind of an afterthought.”Ĭozart is enjoying a career year in 2017, and earned a starting spot in the All-Star lineup after a lively and very donkey-oriented campaign spearheaded by Votto. Yeah, I like donkeys.’ So I was having a pretty good year last year, running up to the All-Star Game, and he just ran with it. “He said, ‘oh, you like donkeys?’ I said, ‘yeah, I like all animals, really. ![]() And Joey was just asking, like, ‘What’d you do yesterday?’ And I said, ‘I took Cooper, my son, and we fed the donkeys.’ So I take my son up there and we just feed the donkeys after I play. “Like a mile from our spring training facility (in Goodyear, Ariz.), there’s a donkey farm. MIAMI - Joey Votto is buying teammate and fellow All-Star Zack Cozart a donkey, and soon.Īt All-Star media day on Monday, the Reds players shed more light on the pending donkey purchase, the culmination of a promise Votto made to Cozart in spring training before the 2016 season. ![]()
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