David Ortiz is returning to Fenway Park Monday night for the first time since a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic in June.
Ortiz, a beloved figure among the Boston Red Sox faithful, will throw out the first pitch before Monday night's game against the New York Yankees.
Ortiz, 43, was shot in the back by a gunman while sitting and talking with a friend at a nightclub in Santo Domingo the night of June 9. He was flown back to Boston aboard a jet sent by the Red Sox the next day and spent seven weeks in a hospital, undergoing three surgeries for life-threatening injuries.