In the last 97 games along of the season, he batted. In the postseason, Ortiz had several key hits, but the Red Sox came up short in the American League Championship Series against their archrivals the Yankees.
Not only did he did not disappoint in ; he emerged as one of the top players in the league. More importantly, Ortiz helped lead the team to 98 wins and another playoff berth. He recorded new personal bests in a number of categories: 41 home runs, 47 doubles, and RBIs; and his batting average was a solid. Above all, he helped the Red Sox win their first World Series title since , breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino"—a championship drought said to have been brought on by the Red Sox's foolish sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees before the season.
Career: Professional baseball player, —. By all accounts, Ortiz's contributions in the clubhouse are as important to the Red Sox as his production on the field. He is widely regarded as a team leader, and his easygoing personality is appreciated by teammates, fans and journalists alike.
While comparisons to Babe Ruth's legendary performance are at best premature, Ortiz will go down in history as one of the players most responsible for terminating once and for all the Bambino's legendary Beantown hex.
D1; October 9, , p. D3; October 19, , p. Sports Illustrated, August 2, , p. The Sporting News, November 1, , p. In my case, man, I want to be good. I want to continue being productive. My hitting coaches know that. He said he is going to miss the roar of the crowd.
When Mike Schmidt retired, he said he would miss room-service French fries. What is David Ortiz going to miss most about baseball? I think being around my teammates. Plus, I think I play for the best fans in baseball. What about the criticism? I remember a lot of people writing that you were done years ago. Are you going to miss that? As you get older, you start getting mature, you start understanding things better.
The year they started that up [], I ended up with almost 30 homers and RBIs. But then, after that season, I worked extremely hard to prove everybody wrong.
I announced my retirement after last year, but I also in my mind said I want to give the fans one of my best seasons ever, so let me get prepared for that. So here we are, almost at the end of the season. Having a good year. What are you most proud of? I got to say the relationships that I have built with everybody around. You guys—the media—my teammates, the fans, the opposition. I think people are going to remember me more for that than what I had done on the field.
In my case, I think, I always take my time to talk to everyone. I would like everybody to feel good about themselves. I want to help, you know. You and me, we got that relationship. We go back and forth. I think at the end of the day that separates [me] from a lot of people. All I care about is [making] the game better, man. I want to sit down five, 10 years from now, watch one of those kids and be like, Man! Last night I was having dinner with [Toronto outfielder] B. Whole group of kids.
See, those are the kinds of things I like to hear. So we went to play the Tigers the other day. I sit down to talk to my boy [Justin] for a minute about his hitting. It might be because of what we talked about. He was going through some things. But I do that with a lot of guys in the league. Just because I want the game to get better. All right. R Batting Career Batting Postseason Fielding Postseason. Pitchers in non-DH games that appeared on the lineup card but didn't bat will still have a game in this column.
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The 54 home runs he bashed in is a single-season franchise record. Most importantly, Ortiz played a pivotal role in three World Series championships, including the historic team that ended an year title drought. Remy was right. More from Red Sox News. Next: Top best Red Sox players from s.
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