DAVID ORTIZ NEWS
Big Papi Wants to Keep Playing Past 2010. I Hope He's Willing to Move
6 days ago by
Fenway West
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Big Papi told the Herald that he has 3-4 good years left but 2010 will be David Ortiz's last year in a Red Sox uniform. If Ortiz rebounds nicely next season there is still no way that Theo is going to pick up his $12.5 million option for 2011. The Red Sox have a track record...
Big Papi on Red Sox: 'I want to finish my career here'
6 days ago by
SportingNews.com
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Sporting News staff reports
About to enter the final year of his contract (the team has a $12.5 million option for 2011), Red Sox DH David Ortiz told the Boston Herald that he knows he needs to step up in 2010.
Ortiz says he plans to do just that and hopes to remain in Boston...
Curse Fail
1 day ago by
The iYankees Blog
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Earlier in the year, Gino Castignoli, a construction worker at the new Yankee Stadium, tried to jinx the team by burying a David Ortiz jersey 2-feet under the Stadium’s brand new concrete floor. Once Castignoli’s actions were made public, the jersey was subsequently removed...
Big Papi Wants to Keep Playing Past 2010. I Hope He’s Willing to Move
6 days ago by
Sports Blog Net
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Big Papi told the Herald that he has 3-4 good years left but 2010 will be David Ortiz's last year in a Red Sox uniform. If Ortiz rebounds nicely next season there is still no way that Theo is going to pick up his $12.5 million option for 2011. The Red Sox have a track record of...
Ortiz Wants To Play Three Or Four More Years
6 days ago by
MLB Trade Rumors
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David Ortiz thinks he can be the offensive "force" Theo Epstein wants him to be and he hopes to prove it for years to come. Big Papi told John Tomase of the Boston Herald that he has "another three or four good years" in him and he wants to spend them in a Red...
Can David Ortiz make it to 30 home runs and 2010?
September 09, 2009 by
Fire Brand American League
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Back when David Ortiz was mired in his homerless streak, not bopping his first home run until May 20 and his second until June 6, I made a bet with a friend that Ortiz would end up with 30 home runs.
Ortiz had a torrid June and kept consistently banging out the home runs, so it...
David Ortiz issues statement, speaks to reporters
July 30, 2009 by
Fire Brand American League
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David Ortiz issued a press release on the allegations that he used steroids in 2003.
One, I have already contacted the Players Association to confirm if this report is true. I have just been told that the report is true. Based on the way I have lived my life, I am surprised to learn...
Ortiz To Hold News Conference With Weiner
August 06, 2009 by
Babes Love Baseball
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David Ortiz owes his fans (and the people who could care less) an explanation as to why he alledegly tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs back in 2003. The Boston Red Sox semi-slugger, along with future players' union head honcho Michael Weiner will hold a news conference...
David Ortiz deserves the same treatment as all those before him
August 09, 2009 by
tonyblogs.net
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David Ortiz was thrown a gigantic lifeline yesterday by the MLB Players Association when they issued a statement prior to Big Papi's afternoon press conference in New York. The statement basically said that they can't confirm or deny anything and that the MLBPA could not reveal...
Ortiz Doth Bestride the Narrow Earth Like a Colossus. And Hits Some Major F#$king Home Runs, Too.
August 26, 2009 by
Surviving Grady
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Doesn't a walk-off home run from Big Papi just feel better? Don't get me wrong. I'll take a walk-off from any of our guys on a steamy August night at Fenway. But there's just something about seeing that stoic profile as it turns to chart the ball's trajectory. Those...
Oh, David Ortiz also held some sort of press conference today
August 08, 2009 by
Big League Stew
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So David Ortiz finally held his long-awaited press conference on Saturday morning — you know, the one where he was finally going to get to the bottom of things — and decided to heap the blame on a bunch of unidentified vitamins and supplements he apparently used without...
Sox Ortiz Renames Sauce 'En frÃo'
29 days ago by
Bob's Blitz
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David Ortiz has a new hot sauce, Big Papi En Fuego. No word on whether Ortiz puts any of the sauce on what Red Sox manager Terry Francona said is his pre-game ritual - "Have 12 pieces of bacon, a Red...
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Lots of question marks for 2010 Red Sox starters
1 day ago by
Batter-up with Bruno
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Well its officially that time again. The time of, "who should the Red Sox sign, re-sign, drop, and trade for" time.There are, indeed, a lot of questions. Here's a quick breakdown:The obviousJason Bay and Jason VaritekThe not as obviousAlex Gonzalez and Rocco BaldelliIn...
Incoming MLBPA head issues statement on Ortiz
August 08, 2009 by
Fire Brand American League
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Michael Weiner, the incoming head of the Players Association, and David Ortiz will speak to the media at 12:30 pm today. Here is an advance statement released by Weiner. Two money quotes:The number of players on the so-called "government list" meaningfully exceeds the number...
Lonely Days, Lonely Nights
July 31, 2009 by
Surviving Grady
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The news that broke yesterday about David Ortiz being on "the list" of 104 players who tested positive for steroids has me in a funk. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can only wait for the rest of the story and hope that there is something that will make this better...
A Song For Boston's Cheating
July 31, 2009 by
Alana G
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I'm not a Boston-hater, and frankly I don't really care about steroids (kids, please don't do drugs). But I am always a fan of Ryan Parker songs, so check out his latest about Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz joining the Patriots in Boston's hall of shame. It's worth...
David Ortiz Addresses Media, Red Sox Issues Statement in Support
August 08, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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David Ortiz addressed the media today at Yankee Stadium before Game 3 of the current series between the Red Sox and Yankees took place. Ortiz and the MLB Players Association called the press conference to address a report in The New York Times in which Ortiz was named as being part...
Video: David Ortiz Walk-Off Home Run 8.26.2009
August 26, 2009 by
SOX & Dawgs
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Here is the video of David Ortiz hitting the walk-off home run to give the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
(Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)
And here we have NESN reporter Heidi Watney asking tough stupid...
Sports-O-Ween III: Season Of The Itchy Sweatpants
You people just will not let this go, will you? Just moments after I put up the last gallery of unfortunate costume horrors, my inbox was flooded with still more masquerade submissions. Seriously, folks, this is becoming a sickness. But hey, it's an easy post. So in the tradition...
Prior to Ortiz Press Conference, MLBPA Releases Statement Regarding 2003 Drug Test
August 08, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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Prior to the 12:30pm ET press conference with David Ortiz, in which he will address his name being part a list of 104 players that tested positive for PEDs in 2003, Major League Baseball Players Association General Counsel, Michael Weiner, today issued the following statement:
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12:30pm ET Time Set for David Ortiz Press Conference
August 08, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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The Major League Baseball Players Association has called a 12:30pm ET press conference from Yankee Stadium as the time for David Ortiz to address the media regarding his positive steroid test as part of the 2003 Survey Test. Joining Ortiz will be Michael Weiner, the incoming executive...
MLB opened 'cursory' investigation into PEDs in Sox staff last year
August 02, 2009 by
Fire Brand American League
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The Boston Globe today has a special report regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs in the Red Sox clubhouse.
Just before last year's All-Star Break, police confiscated steroids from a (now former) security guard at Fenway Park named Nicholas Alex Cyr. Cyr said he got...
Fielders Standing Up Again As Part of David Ortiz Shift
September 01, 2009 by
Sports Pickle
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Coming off a month in which David Ortiz showed signs of breaking out of a season-long slump, opposing fielders say they will no longer lay down on the field when the aging slugger is at the plate.Read Full story »
The Significance of Michael Weiner at the Ortiz Press Conference
August 07, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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The addition of Michael Weiner to the David Ortiz press conference on Sat.outlines how the MLBPA is as much thestory of "the list" as the players on it.
David Ortiz will be addressing the media on Saturday, before playing at Yankee Stadium and address his name...
Blah Blah Steroids: Big Papi Edition
July 30, 2009 by
Babes Love Baseball
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David Ortiz has become the latest player named in major league baseball’s steroid scandal, confirming Thursday that the players’ union told him he tested positive back in 2003."I’ve just been told that the report is true," said the Boston Red Sox slugger. "Based...
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