David Ortiz Finally Goes Deep After 150 At-Bats

Papi after his 1st HR of the season (COURTESY BOSTON.COM)Southern Maine High Schools Results HERE, Northern Maine HEREBrewer's Kevin McAvoy was named to the America East First Team. McAvoy was a starter all 4 years at the University of Maine Baseball team.Boston.com breaks down the Bruins 2009-10 salaries. The Portland Sea Dogs even the series with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats winning...

David Ortiz has one of the worst stat lines in baseball this season. Ortiz could be suffering the effects for his lack of steroids. I know it’s been taboo to suggest Ortiz is a steroid user but the fact that Ortiz who went from hitting 30-plus homers from 2003-2007 simply isn’t the same player he [...]

One of the biggest discussion points in the world of Red Sox geeks recently has been the future of Kevin Youkilis. Youks is not a classic corner infielder due to his lack of power, and the Sox, with their payroll, should probably be able to upgrade. That said, Youks has a very favorable price-tag, ...

Well, it took forever, but David Ortiz has finally busted his slump. We'll let you contemplate the ways.   In the fifth inning of Wednesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter nailed a two-run shot off rookie Brett Cecil to straightaway center for his first longball in 149 at-bats —- the longest homerless drought of...

Deep x 4 in 5th: David Ortiz (1), Mike Lowell (7), Jason Bay (12), Capt. J-Tek 1 in 3rd, 1 in 5th (7) launched home-runs tonight giving Brad Penny a nice, big 8-0 cushion against the Toronto (first place) Blue Jays. Big Papi at long last went deep for the first time this 09 season however is still an anemic 1-4 with 2 strike outs tonight and continues to struggle mightily...

Reading Moneyball five years after everyone else was kind of fun — when Billy Beane tries to hose the Red Sox for this unknown Kevin Youkilis guy, it’s kind of fun knowing this is a guy who came in third in MVP voting last year. It’s fascinating to read about OPS as the definitive offensive stat and then thinking about how ESPN’s game broadcasts now list players’ OPS duringâ€...

Manny is on the move, and this time I am sure of it. Manny is going to the Dodgers as part of a three team deal. Part of the deal includes that Jason Bay will go to Boston and Pittsburgh gets 4 minor league players

Some sort of homecoming, David Ortiz acknowledges the crowd in the 5th. (AP Photo) Witnessing David Ortiz wish his 5th inning shot over the centerfield wall instantly provided me with visions of grandeur for him, however false they may be....

Terry Francona is a genius.  He sits the struggling David Ortiz down for a few games and what happens?  Papi comes back and hits his first homer of the season.  Who says managers are worthless? Yeah, Joe Girardi.  You have a point there.

In the fifth inning last night against the Toronto Blue Jays, it finally happened. Facing rookie pitcher Brett Cecil, David Ortiz broke through and connected for his first home run of the season - a bomb to the camera position in straight-away center field. Hopefully it is the first of many more to come. Adam Kilgore has Ortiz [...]Post from: Boston Sports Media Watch

The Boston Red Sox hit 5 home runs tonight, including two by Jason Varitek and one by David Ortiz, on their way to an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in front of 38,099 very happy fans at Fenway Park. The Red Sox (24-16) now move to 1.5 games behind the first place Blue Jays [...]

We're now a month and a half into the season and David Ortiz is still struggling at the plate. He is hitting .203 with 0 home runs and a .317 on-base percentage. He can't hit anything but a fastball, and he struggles catching up to that depending on the pitcher. Ortiz is the only DH without a homerun, and is slugging just .293. The Red Sox are 2.5 games out of first and will need...

Three was once the magic number Not so long ago, the Red Sox’s Big Three Dominicans were among the best in baseball. Today Pedro is unemployed, Manny’s the latest poster child for steroids, and David Ortiz is being out-homered by the likes of Carlos Zambrano. Ask your average baseball fan what happened to Papi and they’ll offer explanations ranging from age to quitting steroids...

I've been analyzing the Twins for years, and I've been reasonably on the mark, including getting most excited about stealing Francisco Liriano in the AJP deal, decrying the possibility of non-tendering David Ortiz, and calling for Jacque Jones' to be dealt after his breakout 2002 season (it was a car...

The Major League season is just about one fourth of the way thru, but I’m impatient. So, here are what I believe should be the All Star rosters for both the American and National Leagues thus far: AMERICAN LEAGUE Starters C- Victor Martinez (Cle) 1b- Justin Morneau (Min) 2b- Aaron Hill (Tor) 3b- Evan Longoria (TB) SS- Jason Bartlett (TB) OF- Jason Bay [...]