BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox honored David Ortiz in his first game in Fenway Park since he joined the 500 home run club. During a 15-minute pregame ceremony before the Red Sox faced Tampa Bay on Monday night, former teammates Pedro Martinez, Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek came out of a new vehicle […]
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The Hot Corner: Like it or not, David Ortiz no lock for Cooperstown after No. 500
What’s in a milestone? That’s the question with which those of us paid to objectively consider such matters must spoil the party in observation of David Ortiz joining the 500-home run club. Full disclosure: I grew up in the 1970s and ’80s, the last decades when that magic number meant it was all over but […]
Ortiz still on a tear, rips No. 497
BOSTON (AP) — Rookie left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez is certainly making a strong case to be a part of Boston’s rotation next season. The 22-year-old got a 2-0 lead thanks to David’s Ortiz’s 497th career home run and held Philadelphia to one run over seven innings as the Red Sox completed a three-game sweep with a […]
Ortiz hits career No. 495; Sox top Yankees
BOSTON — David Ortiz hit his 495th home run and Jackie Bradley Jr. had three hits and threw out a runner at the plate to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night. Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox. It was their […]
Sox toy with Tigers
DETROIT (AP) — David Ortiz homered while Hanley Ramirez and Xander Bogaerts added two-run doubles to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. Boston improved to 2-2 on its eight-game trip. J.D. Martinez hit his 30th homer for the Tigers. Daniel Norris (2-2) gave up three […]
Boxing: Gamache wins; absentees don’t spoil fight night at LHS
LEWISTON — Jose Angel Ortiz came to fight this time, as promised. The evidence was visible Saturday night in the abrasions under Steven Gamache’s eyes, the welts on his forehead, and the impingement in a left shoulder that the hometown hero could barely lift while he shook hands and posed for post-fight selfies with friends and […]
Ortiz defends his reputation
Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is certain on this point: “I never knowingly took any steroids.” And this, too: “I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.” The remarks by the 39-year-old designated hitter came in a column Thursday for The Players’ Tribune, a website founded by Derek Jeter that gives professional athletes […]
Ortiz, Sox slap around Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — David Ortiz homered twice for the second straight game and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-4 on Wednesday night. Big Papi went 3 for 5 with two RBIs, one night after a four-hit performance against his former team. Both of his home runs — off Kevin Correia (1-5) in […]
Oritz wants to pay visit to finish line
BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz wants to visit the Boston Marathon finish line Monday after the Red Sox are done with their Patriots’ Day game against Baltimore. Just more than a year ago, two bombs went off near the finish line, less than a mile from Fenway Park, about an hour after the Red Sox […]
Ortiz strong on Boston
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — David Ortiz wants to finish his career with the Boston Red Sox. “I love playing the game. I love being part of this organization, and knowing that you’re going to finish your career here,” the 38-year-old said Monday. ‘It’s something that’s a huge accomplishment.” Due $15 million in 2014 in the […]