big papi

Despite what happens the rest of the way this off season, the theme for the Boston Red Sox' 2016 season may have just been decided; A Farewell to Big Papi.

ESPN Boston is reporting that the Red Sox and David Ortiz have agreed to a one year extension of his contract.

This might be where I draw the line.  I'm a pretty big Red Sox fan, but owning Big Papi's beard hair might be just a little bit gross.  You have until Saturday, November 30th to bid on the Shane Victorino or the David Ortiz beard.  To be fair, the beard hair that Papi wore in the World Series is being auctioned off for a good cause...

David Ortiz came under fire last week after he bashed in a dugout telephone with his bat, but THIS week he does a 180 and poses with a fan's baby during the National Anthem before a game against the Kansas City Royals.

Big Papi got tossed in the Red Sox 7-3 win over Baltimore on Saturday night, after the umpire called a strike on an 3-0 count. Ortiz would end up going down on strikes, and he was not a big fan of the pitch that set him up for that.

Boston slugger David Ortiz is in New York for the All-Star-Game.  While gearing up for the game 'Papi' was caught in this video prancercising.

During last nights Sox Rays game there was a small melee in the 6th inning which once again cleared both dugouts. There is a history with these 2 teams, and while there were no punches thrown last night, it made me flashback to one of my favorite brawls in Red Sox history...

A day after the city of Boston was locked down under a 'shelter-in-place' order while a massive manhunt captured the last suspect at large in last Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Red Sox held extended pregame ceremonies at Fenway Park on Saturday to honor the memory of the victims of the attacks and celebrate the Boston police, emergency responders and marathon volunteers... Read Mor