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
game great last likes looked obvious pitching saw spring training
I saw him pitching the last game he pitched in spring training and it was obvious he was right back where he likes to be. I saw him making his pitches, doing his thing. He looked great to me.
house protect
I feel this is my house and I've got to protect this house.
learning
He's 24 years old. He's just a baby. You know this game. It's a learning process.
baseball bench best guy kept players
He said he was going to quit. He wasn't going to play baseball anymore. The organization was going crazy, because you don't want a guy like that on the bench sitting. What they did, they kept (Fermin) up there. This is to one of the best players ever to play the game.
born doubt leagues
He was born to hit. Manny has like, what, (13) years in the big leagues doing the same thing over and over and over? There's no doubt about it. That guy's a hitter.
ball passed tomorrow win
We're fine, it's passed already. Everyone's going to come in tomorrow and try to win some ball games.
future guy roger
We have the future Roger Clemens in the house, ... That kid, man, I'll tell you, this guy is something else.
hung last time
You know what, the last time they were here, we went back to my house. We hung out together,
When you're out there playing, you don't think the game's going to be on your back.
anybody good knew tough
Anybody can go through tough times, but I knew that things are going to be this way at the end of the season. For some reason, I had this feeling, ... They have a good team.
good knew
I knew it was going to be like this at the end of the season. I had a good feeling.
afraid bit face guess guys people step sure wrong
I'm pretty sure that there's nothing wrong with being famous. I guess that some guys are a little bit afraid. If you don't want to be famous, just step away. Other people are afraid to face the challenge. Some people like to be famous, some people don't. Some people do their thing, but they're afraid to be recognized.
focus happens plate shut time trouble
I just try to shut everything down and just focus on what I want to do at the plate in those situations. Most of the time I try to not do too much because I get in trouble when I try to do too much. It happens to everybody.
best happened running team winning
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.