He was supposed to be wiping champagne rather than tears from his eyes.
It was supposed to end that way for David Ortiz. Not this way.
That's what I thought. That's what we all thought.
But it did end this way, Monday night at Fenway Park. It ended with the Cleveland Indians celebrating a sweep of Ortiz's Boston Red Sox and the Fenway fans celebrating Ortiz's career one more time.
"Pa-pi! Pa-pi!" they chanted in the eighth inning, as Ortiz left for a pinch runner in the middle of a rally that seemed destined to send this American League Division Series into Tuesday and beyond.