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
responsibility years games
Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.
mean things-in-life challenges
Life is a challenge that you need. There's things in life that are going to throw you into the ground, but if you learn how to get up, that means you are not a quitter.
running home thinking
I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate.
august jamaica littles
My timing’s a little off. But I’m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August.
When you're out there playing, you don't think the game's going to be on your back.
level
They're good. They can play in the big-league level any time.
bunch camp deal everybody faces feels guys sure talked
That's my boy. I talked to him a lot before and after he went to the other side. You come to camp and see a bunch of new faces get in the mix. It's something that guys that have been around here have to deal with and have to make sure that everybody feels comfortable.
fans known worry
That's Manny being Manny, because you know he's going to hit. Fans worry about him. Why? There's one thing Manny is known for - hitting. Don't worry about Manny Ramirez .
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.
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.
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 close hit rows seat ted williams
That ball wasn't even close to Ted Williams' seat back there. That kind of got me frustrated. You know, you hit the ball like that and you've still got to go 25 more rows up to get close to Mr. Ted Williams I don't know.
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.