These words are not about statistics. One cannot find the right words to describe all of the intangibles that Ortiz has given the world, of baseball or otherwise, over his 20-year career. These words are merely the attempt to make some sense out of how much Ortiz has meant to so many different people.
Ortiz himself took to Twitter and provided his own attempt:
— David Ortiz (@davidortiz) October 12, 2016
The 40-year-old native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic does not think that he only has one home.