Amen. The sports 'journalists' at ESPN have been drooling over Ortiz the way some blonds drool over black porn stars.
I never liked him. I call him Big Poopie.
Jeez, I wonder what these guys think about Ty Cobb and babe Ruth?
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This thread might be interesting...
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The writer is a self described: “unapologetic, lifelong Yankees fan and a long-time season ticket holder.”
Ortiz shattered and humiliated the Yankees in 2004, leading the Red Sox to an epic comback from a three games to none deficit to winning four straight games and the league championship.
Ortiz may not be a saint. But the bile behind this article is simply a testament to the writer’s butt hurt.
Maybe I’m old fashioned but I don’t think a career designated hitter should be in the Hall.
Speaking of "playing fast and loose with the truth," the author wrote "David Ortiz's name was on a list of 104 players who failed a PED test in 2003, the same year he went from a marginal player approaching age 30 to launching the legend of Big Papi.
1. He was a very good hitter in 2000 and 2002, marginal and injured in 2001. The Twins let him go because they had Morneau, Ortiz was about to get expensive through arbitration, and he didn't mesh well with their (stupid and somewhat dated) organizational hitting philosophy.
2. I guess he was "approaching 30" the same way I am, at age 51, approaching 75. In 2003, he was 27, which is eons from 30 in a baseball player's career. I know it's only 3 seasons, but on average, those three season are the best three of a hitter's career.
John Kerry's favorite:
Red Sox player: Manny Ortez
President: George Jefferson
Apostle: Ringo
Football Team: The Temptations
Member of the Partridge Family: Marcia Brady
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Not a Yankees fan, not a Red Sox fan. But this article rings absolutely true. The only differemce between Big Papi and A-Rod is A-Rod was a bigger jerk and thus easier to sacrifice in the name of sellimg the public on the myth that MLB had cleaned up its PED problem.
Breaking the curse in 2004 was too big a story to taint. And make no mistake, take Papi and Manny out of that lineup and the Sox win squat. Manny was outed, but only a few months after leaving the Sox.
The truth will out. When it does, Pappi will be retired. But it will destroy his legacy and harm the game.
It’s heresy to ask, but I must ... is David Ortiz a U.S. citizen?
Offensive, ungracious, and patently false, sour grapes from a Yankees fan.
The Bronx Boobs can wish they had a player on a par with Papi - they don’t, and their season proves it.