radiohix
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'At the end of the day, we bang. We bang. We're going to swing.' Alex Verdugo
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Post by radiohix on Jul 27, 2019 12:34:02 GMT -5
The king of New England is back.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 26, 2019 13:07:54 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Aug 26, 2019 18:07:00 GMT -5
The judges would have also accepted, "If Ortiz had something to hide, why is he hiring former Boston police commissioner to assist in the shooting investigation?"
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 26, 2019 18:34:15 GMT -5
The judges would have also accepted, "If Ortiz had something to hide, why is he hiring former Boston police commissioner to assist in the shooting investigation?" It's clearly a farce.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 26, 2019 20:55:37 GMT -5
The judges would have also accepted, "If Ortiz had something to hide, why is he hiring former Boston police commissioner to assist in the shooting investigation?" Can’t both things be true? Ortiz has nothing to hide and the explanation given is bogus?
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Post by swingingbunt on Aug 26, 2019 21:00:25 GMT -5
The judges would have also accepted, "If Ortiz had something to hide, why is he hiring former Boston police commissioner to assist in the shooting investigation?" Can’t both things be true? Ortiz has nothing to hide and the explanation given is bogus? Sure it can.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 26, 2019 21:27:14 GMT -5
The judges would have also accepted, "If Ortiz had something to hide, why is he hiring former Boston police commissioner to assist in the shooting investigation?" Can’t both things be true? Ortiz has nothing to hide and the explanation given is bogus? I don't doubt this possibility either. I just don't believe the initial story.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 15, 2019 3:34:54 GMT -5
Ortiz's first comments about the shooting, his recovery, etc. He's going to be doing post-season games this October on Fox.
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Post by azblue on Sept 16, 2019 20:21:50 GMT -5
The recent pictures of David Ortiz show a considerable loss of weight as a result of the wounds and 3 operations. Has anyone read how much he has lost? I would guess 30+ pounds.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 17, 2019 8:43:34 GMT -5
The article says 40. It talks about how he basically couldn't swallow or hold down food for seven weeks, save for a little bit of jello and ice cubes.
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Post by Papi's Gift on Oct 18, 2019 16:05:49 GMT -5
I’ve been following this site for years and finally decided that this is the day to join—-the 15th anniversary of one of the most important days in Red Sox history.
As my first post, let me explain my screen name. I can’t find the post inviting new members to introduce themselves or I would have posted this in that thread. It’s probably just as appropriate here, at a time when Papi is back in the saddle and on TV.
On October 17, 2004, with the Yankees up 3 games to none and leading the Sox by a run in the top of the 9th, the count on Kevin Millar was 1-1 when the clock turned midnight. As you all know, what happened next is a central part of Red Sox lore: 3 straight balls from the best closer ever to walk Millar, followed by the Roberts steal, the single by Mueller to tie the score, and then Papi’s 12th-inning HR. All in the early hours of October 18. As Joe Buck called it, “We’ll see you later tonight.”
Because of a rain out earlier in the series and in order to keep games 6 and 7 on the Saturday-Sunday schedule (like what’s happening this year), MLB cancelled the travel day after game 5. As a concession to the players to give them a little more travel time, game 5 was rescheduled to a 5:00 start time, so that even though that day’s 14-inning game went almost 6 hours, Papi’s walk off single still came shortly before midnight. Again on October 18.
I woke up the next day to an email from my oldest son saying I should never expect any more birthday gifts from him, since he could never match what Papi had just given me. Yes, my birthday is October 18, and Ortiz helped me celebrate with 2 walk off hits on the same day, a day that in a real sense changed the history of the franchise. I think of his “gift” every year on my birthday.
And as a PS, I now have several other happy Red Sox memories to recall on my birthday. In 2007, October 18 was the day the Sox had their backs to the wall, down 3 games to 1, when Josh Becket struck out 11 Indians and allowed 1 run over 8 innings to outpitch C.C. Sabathia and send the series back to Boston.
And last year, when David Price stopped the Astros in game 5 to win the pennant with help from the Martinez and Devers home runs, it was again October 18. The next morning, I woke up to another emailfrom that same son, sharing the joy-—plus one from his son who was 7 in 2004 and 21 last year. Neither one thought to mention that Benny’s do-or-die catch to end game 4 also came after midnight on October 18, so that, like the series ending game 5 win against Verlander, it also fell on my birthday.
In any event, Beckett, Benintendi, Price, Martinez, Devers—they all play Robin to Papi’s Batman in my annual birthday celebration; hence the screen name.
Happy to have finally joined you.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Oct 18, 2019 19:01:01 GMT -5
Welcome, and may you have many more happy birthdays.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 23, 2019 8:04:25 GMT -5
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Post by Papi's Gift on Oct 29, 2019 15:48:58 GMT -5
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TearsIn04
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Post by TearsIn04 on Mar 20, 2022 16:20:44 GMT -5
A pair of interesting Big Papi stories appeared this weekend. The Globe ran a story saying former police commish Ed Davis's investigation found that a drug trafficker ordered the hit because he thought Ortiz disrespected him. The story is behind a paywall. I don't subscribe to the Globe and never will as long as Shank works there, but other media outlets have run stories quoting the Globe story. Here's one from ESPN: www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/33556045/drug-kingpin-targeted-david-ortiz-2019-shooting-private-investigator-findsBoston Magazine ran story that purports to take the reader inside Papi's double family life. Let's just say that it's complicated. The non-wife mother of one of his kids implies he was swinging the little bat at home and on the road. www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2022/03/18/david-ortiz/
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Mar 20, 2022 16:32:03 GMT -5
A pair of interesting Big Papi stories appeared this weekend. The Globe ran a story saying former police commish Ed Davis's investigation found that a drug trafficker ordered the hit because he thought Ortiz disrespected him. The story is behind a paywall. I don't subscribe to the Globe and never will as long as Shank works there, but other media outlets have run stories quoting the Globe story. Here's one from ESPN: www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/33556045/drug-kingpin-targeted-david-ortiz-2019-shooting-private-investigator-findsBoston Magazine ran story that purports to take the reader inside Papi's double family life. Let's just say that it's complicated. The non-wife mother of one of his kids implies he was swinging the little bat at home and on the road. www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2022/03/18/david-ortiz/Hate to say it but that makes sense, a lot more than that mistaken identity nonsense. It's too bad. I think Ortiz and his wife have recently split up. They did in 2013 until they put their family back together later that season but I guess the issues kept popping up and it wound up in this scary situation and with the marriage splitting up.
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Post by voiceofreason on Mar 23, 2022 18:06:34 GMT -5
Big Papi took full advantage of his star status and loved the ladies, I have heard stories thru the years. It's all fun and games til you seduce a drug kingpins girl.
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cdj
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Post by cdj on Mar 23, 2022 21:23:45 GMT -5
Let’s start a gofundme to put a hit on the drug kingpin
NOBODY MAKES US BLEED OUR OWN BLOOD
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