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Big Papi Calls On the World to Donate Some F*%king Money

Posted by Drew Fairservice under David Ortiz, HardBall Talkin' on May 16, 2013


Well, those weren’t his exact words but that is the sentiment, an awesome one indeed. David Ortiz is kind of a little bit the best and he is running a promotion on his website bigpapi.com benefiting victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

A $500 donation to The One Fund earns you an autographed custom red, white, and blue Marucci bat bearing one of Papi’s now famous slogans.

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Moore’s Play of the Week: The Nine Lives of David Ortiz

Posted by Jack Moore under David Ortiz, Play of the Week on Apr 29, 2013

Minnesota Twins v Boston Red Sox

May 11, 2009. David Ortiz entered a Red Sox off day nursing a .224 batting average, a .666 OPS and 142 consecutive plate appearances without a home run. In the electronic pages of ESPN.com, Howard Bryant wrote

“The walls are closing in on David Ortiz. He can feel it, the cold breeze of doubt whistling through each swing and miss, vexing and constant, a pebble scratching hard on the bottom of his foot: a .224 batting average and, even more glaring, no home runs in 116 at-bats from the most feared left-handed power hitter this town has seen since Mo Vaughn and, before that, Carl Yastrzemski.”

On May 15th, Ortiz went hitless in seven at-bats as the Red Sox lost an extra-inning game to the Los Angeles Angels. After the game, he told reporters, “just put down Papi stinks.” On May 16, with Ortiz’s OPS down to .618, Rocco Baldelli was Boston’s designated hitter. Big Papi was on the bench.

And David Ortiz was never heard from again.

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Video: Welcome Back, David Ortiz

Posted by Drew Fairservice under Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, HardBall Talkin' on Apr 25, 2013

David Ortiz has hit the ball incredibly well since returning to the Red Sox lineup. On top of his strong play, he also cemented his place in local lore during the emotionally charged return to baseball after the Patriots Day bomb incident.

David Oritz was hitting the ball well but hadn’t yet hit a home run in 2013. Then the Astros came to town. Now David Ortiz has a home run in 2013! It’s really that simple.

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David Ortiz Expects To Be Activated Friday

Posted by Darren Kritzer under Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, News And Notes on Apr 18, 2013

Kansas City Royals v Boston Red Sox

The first place Boston Red Sox are expected to activate David Ortiz from the 15-day disabled list in time for Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals.

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David Ortiz Expected Out 5-7 Days; Opening Day In Doubt?

Posted by Darren Kritzer under Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, News And Notes on Mar 10, 2013

Minnesota Twins v Boston Red Sox

The chances of David Ortiz being ready for opening day against the Yankees took a turn for the worst today with news that he will be shut down for the next 5-7 days with heel inflammation, according to WEEI.com.

Manager John Farrell told reporters that the injury is not related to the same Achilles injury that kept Ortiz out of the Boston lineup for most of the second half of the season in 2012.

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The David Ortiz Saga: Now with More (and/or Fewer) Twists

Posted by Drew Fairservice under Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Texas Rangers on Nov 02, 2012

It was just two short weeks ago that, based on a report from ESPN Boston’s Gordon Edes, a David Ortiz contract extension seemed as good as done. Only the terms remained undecided as both parties clearly wanted to ink a two-year deal.

Then, it seemed, talks broke down. Reports of Ortiz opting to test the market trickled out when it look like the Red Sox and Ortiz were not nearly so close to a deal. The Rangers seems a logical fit and, viola, out come the reports of serious interest via good old Ken Rosenrosen.

But who are we kidding – David Ortiz isn’t going anywhere.

Update: Not going anywhere because he just signed a two-year, $26 million dollar deal to stay in Boston. Just as we all suspected!

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Red Sox Get New Manager, Re-up with Ortiz?

Posted by Drew Fairservice under Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz on Oct 23, 2012

Looks like a very productive day in Boston as, fresh on the heels of introducing their newly stolen minted field boss, the Boston Red Sox re-signed designated hitter and beloved franchise icon David Ortiz to a two-year deal, according to Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston.

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