As the face of Dominican baseball, David Ortiz was hit particularly hard by the deaths of Yordano Ventura and Andy Marte, two Dominican MLB players killed in separate car accidents early Sunday morning in their native country.
“Every time I see things like this, it makes me real sad,” said the retired Red Sox slugger in an interview Sunday on MLB Network. Ortiz said he shared an agent with Ventura and knew both players very well.
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Ortiz on Ventura and Marte
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“My goal has been to make sure these kids are taken care of,” he said, adding that he tries to give young players advice.