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Ortiz blasts naysayers
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08:18 AM ET 05.22 | Leadership can take many forms in a clubhouse, and, even though he's not calling pitches or, in his words, "diving for balls," David Ortiz wants people to know he's a leader. "I'm the kind of [expletive] who worries about winning games. I'm a winner. ... But what I do, I don't do for everybody to know. I do it for us to get better, and the trash talking out there to stop." Ortiz insists it doesn't matter if he's called a leader, but the topic clearly rankles him. "I don't give a [expletive] if they want to call me a leader. I don't give a [expletive] if they want to call me a captain. I don't give a [expletive] if they call me either of them. Because you know what? I always say I came to play this game and one day I'm going to be gone.
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That's better than Pedey's "that's not the way we do things around here".
Hatrunner
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The Boston media can be downright ruthless. I don't blame him for his rant. Team meetings are supposed to be private events.
Gary The Sox Fan
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Big Papi looked pretty good over at first base this past weekend in Philly.
THE BISHOP!
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Yes, he certainly did, and Gonzalez did well in right field. With Ross out, I'm thinking Youk will come back to play first base with Gonzo playing some right field.
Gary The Sox Fan
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He'll be the starting 3rd baseman. Good morning Cat.
Gary The Sox Fan
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Staying at 3rd.
clemtheslowson
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Looks like I'm living up to my name this morning.
clemtheslowson
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It is about time that Sox Nations gives Ortiz his due. He has been a great player for the team. Without him Nation would still be looking for its first WS title.
Bronx_Pride
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haha, just a minute too slow.
Gary The Sox Fan
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Day late and a dollar short?
Bronx_Pride
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Morning Cat. How is N.E.
Bronx_Pride
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Ortiz is only getting ripped by the media, not the fans. The media has the players under a microscope 24/7/365. They take pictures of their midsections at spring training to say if they got fat over the winter...etc. Ortiz has gotten nothing but love from the fans since he became the regular dh in 2003.
Gary The Sox Fan
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The bag stays on.
Gary The Sox Fan
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I don't think Gonzo could handle RF in Fenway, much too slow.
jnorman41
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It sure is nice of the Yankees to give the Sox some company in last place.
jnorman41
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They are very charitable like that.
Gary The Sox Fan
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though orioles, rays, and jays will rule for a long, long time.....at least 40 year old ortiz has been a bright spot on that jinxed team.....
StupidMoron
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