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
baseball expected field good mix needed tough
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.
bring felt game gets good guy men performing second struck terrible
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.
atmosphere everybody latin passion
The atmosphere is something that pretty much every Latin person has in their blood. Everybody has a lot of passion for baseball.
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.
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.
everybody game happened learn needs people talented
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.
level
They're good. They can play in the big-league level any time.
anybody ball harder hit seen
I've never seen anybody hit a ball harder than that guy.
spring
I don't want to worry, now that we're in the season. That's my work, right there. We didn't get anything done in spring training, I guess. You know how it is.
hung last time
You know what, the last time they were here, we went back to my house. We hung out together,
mom
My mom, she's still always there for me. Always.
future guy roger
We have the future Roger Clemens in the house, ... That kid, man, I'll tell you, this guy is something else.
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.
august jamaica littles
My timing’s a little off. But I’m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August.