Ortiz

You've got to be kidding me...What a great time for us Red Sox fans!!!!! I was born and raised in Boston, and I'm just so happy that my dad gets to see these things happen in his lifetime!!! Out here in Kentucky I think I just angered my neighbors by waking them all up!!! The golden age of Boston sports w/ the Patriots and the Red Sox, and Big Papi is the Grand Marshall of this parade!! Have you ever seen anything like him since Michael Jordan (as they just said on Baseball Tonight)?

I hate to brag but I am...biggerpapi

He should have been MVP last year despite being just the "DH"---the man is unreal--Red Sox have the best 1-2 punch in the middle of the line up in either league--they both get hits that count at the right time

he seems like such a great guy, gotta be a fan, i followed him from watchin him with the twins to him now with boston i just wish he woulda had this much success with the twins but oh well good for him

Chris

Keep in mind he now has Manny with him--that dont hurt

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and that turf they had here in MN was tough on the players too

What's strange is that when Ortiz walked up to the plate EVERYBODY knew what was going to happen. The fans in the stands, the players, the broadcasters, folks at home... I'm surprised the Indians in the dugout didn't just head for clubhouse while he was still up! It was beyond expecting it; it was assumed.

Compare this with the feeling when A-Rod climbs into a situation like that.

I'm going to go ahead and put it out there, David Ortiz is and will go down in history as the greatest clutch hitter the game has ever seen.

How incredible is that-the whole baseball world (via ESPN) knows he is going up there to stroke a 3 run HR...and he does!

I jumped up and ran back to my son's room yelling "Did you see that!" Then I woke up my already in bed wife, not a Red Sox fan (neither am I actually but I love and appreciate good baseball anywhere..okay, except maybe in New York)) and she didn't care to come out and watch the replays.

Couldn't wait to hear Harold talk about it on Baseball Tonight. Opps, forgot, he's probably running down his own hall, likely getting the same reception I did....for different reasons


p.s. For clutch hitters, and as wonderful as Papi is, I doubt anyone can ever top Yaz in the late 60's. It seemed like every time he came up, the game was on the line, and every time he delivered. Is this a Fenway thing?

Not a cheapie either. He drilled a knee high 95 MPH fastball on the outside corner to dead center 430 feet away. Hokie, I'll respectfully disagree but I can't recall anyone as clutch as Ortiz, not even Yaz in '67. Papi has had the whole team on his back for three years. 7 walk-off, bottom of the 9th bombs, plus a few other walk of singles. Of course, if Yaz hit in front of Manny, who knows what would have happened.

He is the MVP.

As a Yankees fan, that whole thing couldn't have played out any worse.

Why didn't they intentionally walk him?

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Why didn't they intentionally walk him?

Nobody walks him to get to Manny. With a two run lead and two on, I would have walked Ortiz AND Manny to get to Mike Lowell. What else can you do?

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Why didn't they intentionally walk him?

I agree with Dad. There were two on and only one out with a two-run lead.

Not to mention Manny, Lowell, etc.

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I hate to brag but I am...biggerpapi

Papi,

I have some land down here in FL that may be a little marshy, some even call it swampland, can I sell you some? peace, shep

About the Real Ortiz>You Da Man!

The man is amazing. I mean now its like everyone expects it. I honestly expected him to win the game when two guys got on with nobody out. Did you see his facial expression when he ran the bases? There was none. Just another day in the office for the greatest clutch hitter of all time.

Don't recall anyone being so consistently productive in the clutch as Ortiz...although it certainly helps having Manny behind him who is ain't too shabby in the clutch himself.

The most productive tandem I've ever seen.

You can't walk Ortiz to load the bases in a 2 run game, it doesn't matter who is on deck. Manny is a great player, but when it comes to clutch hitters, he's not in the same league.

Shep,

In name only, my man...in name only!

Just watched Loretta hit a double off the wall to win it. And guess who was on deck?

Just wondering, who were the Sox planning on putting behind the plate if it was tied after 9 innings after Gabe Kapler pinch ran for Mirabelli? Was it Kapler? Why do I seem to remember hearing somewhere that he has experience as a cathcer? Or am I just imagining things....again.

Ken Huckaby, the Sox AAA catcher is the backup until Varitek gets back.