David Ortiz is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the sole inductee in the 2022 class chosen by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
He is the third inductee with strong Wisconsin ties (one could argue fourth) since 2018, joining former Brewers Trevor Hoffman and Ted Simmons as well as Chicago White Sox star Harold Baines, who began his minor-league career with the Appleton Foxes.
Likewise, Ortiz's baseball journey took an early spin through Appleton, when he was a member of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in 1996, where he hit 18 home runs.