David Ortiz
David Ortiz
David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican American professional baseball player who plays for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Ortiz is a designated hitterwho occasionally plays first base. He played for the Minnesota Twins from 1997–2002...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 November 1975
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
CountryDominica
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The best thing that ever happened to this team was winning this game, ... When you see Manny running like he did, you know we're already in the playoffs.
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The best thing that ever happened to this team was winning this game tonight. Everybody was on their toes.
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The atmosphere is something that pretty much every Latin person has in their blood. Everybody has a lot of passion for baseball.
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Don't believe anyone until it's (signed). I'll let you know when I do.
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Tonight was a crazy night. It was cold out there and sometimes pitchers don?t find the grip on the ball when the weather is like that. You just have to fight, fight, fight until somebody wins the fight.
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At one point, he got called up to the big leagues
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Everybody in this game needs help, even I need help. When you are young and talented like Mo, you like to have people around you who you can learn from. That's why we are here. At one time, we were his age. The same thing happened to us.
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Baseball is a tough enough game. I try not to mix what is needed on the field with what is expected from those off the field. It isn't a good thing.
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My mom, she's still always there for me. Always.
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It's a good feeling, especially when you have a guy like Wakefield out there performing the way he did tonight, ... You want to do something for the guy. I felt terrible the one inning that I struck out with men on second and third. When the game gets on the line, you get another chance, you have to bring everything you have.
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They're good. They can play in the big-league level any time.
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It's not easier. When you take anything for granted in this game, the games comes and eats you up.
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The United States has provided my family and me with more than we could have ever dreamed. I'll never forget the way Red Sox fans and the team's owners helped my country after the floods last year.
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I've been here four years and that might be the best team I've seen that they have.