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
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.
guy bigs beans
They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.
mom baseball mother
My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.
guy teammate kind
I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.
winning play goes-on
I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.
running home swings
I don't try to hit the ball 500 feet. It looks good when you hit it 500 feet, but as long as it goes over the fence, it's a home run. When you swing hard, it takes a little bit of recognition away from you. The power you're trying to increase - you're not all the way through it with your vision.
responsibility years games
Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.
swings done whole-life
I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life-hit.
hard-work player trying
I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.
boston play people
Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.
baseball play want
I just want to play baseball.
baseball children taken
The DOCF all started when I made a trip to a local hospital in the Dominican Republic. I was visiting children who had received life-saving heart care operations. I couldn't help but think that in another life, one of these kids could be my own son. If it wasn't for baseball, I may have remained in the Dominican Republic and who knows where life would have taken me. It was then that I knew that I had to use the gift that I received, to play baseball, to do whatever I could to give back.
country believe people
Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.
ideas want
All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.