On June 23, David Ortiz’s jersey will be retired by our Boston Red Sox. While he has given fans a lifetime of memories, I want to focus on the time where he truly lived up to his nickname of Big Papi.
Flashback to 2004 after the Red Sox had just been drubbed 19-8 by our hated rivals, the New York Yankees. The Yankees had scored 32 runs in the first three games. No team had ever come back from a 3-0 lead. Our Red Sox were in big trouble.
The Red Sox were down 4-3 going into the bottom of the ninth.