Fast forward now to 2010. Big Papi is now the face of the franchise, and, after enduring steroid allegations, and a mysterious wrist injury, Papi's performance has drastically fallen off from what fans have come to expect of the slugger's abilities. Indeed, Ortiz has even had minor clashes with the Media, much like Garciaparra experienced toward the end of his tenure with the Sox.
Big Papi
5 May 2010
30 April 2010
No, I will say that if Lowell did strike out, he still wouldn't look as bad as Ortiz did.
Big Papi, Grimace, Silverback in a Boston uniform. Remember that King Kong didn't have sh*t on you. You were the lightning for Manny's thunder. Does Youkilis need to grow out some nappi dreads? Do you require more mango-salsa? Eye-drops? We've got plenty of eye-drops for you if that's what going to "help" again.
Posted by Joe Franciosa, Jr. | No comments yet
3 July 2008
s in the month of June. With those numbers Red sox nation didnt need to even think about when Big Papi would be coming off the DL.
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1 July 2008
Having Big Papi on the DL most likely helped the Sox adjust early to the lack of the DH at their 9 away games.
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3 June 2008
This isn’t going to be that big of deal for the Red Sox. Sure it hurts to lose Big Papi, the Major League leader in RBI over that past 5 seasons, but Boston can manage for a month. Afterall, Ortiz played so poorly for the first month of this season that he may as well have not been in the lineup and the team did okay. Sure it hurts not to have his leadership around, but the Red Sox still have enough offense that they’ll be able to get by. Everything will be just fine.
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15 April 2008
I was hoping to get this up yesterday with the Yankees-Red Sox series fresh in everyone’s mind but I didn’t have the time. After a few weeks of the baseball season and watching almost every Red Sox and Yankee game I have a few observations on these two teams so far. You may not agree with them all, this is just what I have noticed this season.
Continue reading "Early Season Observations of Yanks and Sox"
Posted by Jeff Dufour | 1 comment
16 March 2008
As soon as I figure out how to get youtube videos on here, this'll be much better. Until then... courage.
Anyway, I recently came across this video at the wonderful spot at Deadspin and it made me start thinking about what the greatest in-game sports spectacles are. You know, the coolest thins that happen in sports that aren't the games themselves.
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