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Red Sox's Ortiz hits 5th Opening Day home run

CLEVELAND -- David Ortiz got dressed, spritzed his neck with cologne and made a move toward the door. When you've slugged more than 500 career home runs, it isn't exactly breaking news each time you hit another.

But Tuesday marked Ortiz's final Opening Day, the iconic Boston Red Sox slugger planning to retire after the season. And after a typically unengaged spring training in which he went 4-for-35 with three extra-base hits, the odds of even Big Papi going deep on a 34-degree day with the wind howling weren't particularly good.

So, what could Ortiz say after hitting career homer No.