While I'm not a big Boston Red Sox fan, Big Papi,David Ortiz is one of my favorite baseball players. It was just hard not to like him. The book talkedWhile I'm not a big Boston Red Sox fan, Big Papi,David Ortiz is one of my favorite baseball players. It was just hard not to like him. The book talked briefly about his childhood in the Dominican Republic, his homesickness when he was in the minor leagues in the US. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners. Made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins (too bad the Twins never appreciated him). He signed as a free agent with the Red Sox in 2002 and stayed with Boston until he retired in 2016. It also covers the accusal by newspaper reporter that he had taken performance enhancement drugs, something that he always denied. Those same reporters said his career was over. Not hardly! Papi is a 10 time All-Star, 7 time Silver Slugger, 3 time world series champion, world series MVP, and he hit 541 home runs ... the best DH ever. He had some very interesting comments to make about Tito Francona, Buck Showalter and Bobby Valentine. Even more comments about management, front office politics. You really do have to LOVE the game of baseball to be successful at the game and all the "behind the scene" antics. A big man with a lot of love to give to baseball, his parents, wife, children and being an American citizen. ...more
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