Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz is expected to announce Wednesday via The Players' Tribune that he will retire after the 2016 season.
Wednesday is also his 40th birthday. Ortiz should be enshrined in Cooperstown by his 50th.
His only birthday baseball wish at this point would be a fourth championship in 2016.
Life's tough, after all, when you're chasing this guy:
With my boy the legend tom brady congrat brother well deserve it.... pic.twitter.com/VO9FmmbjKg
— David Ortiz (@davidortiz) April 13, 2015
Ortiz was about to blow out the candles on his pro career when the Red Sox signed him as a free agent in January 2003.