The baseball world is frozen in a state of shock. The David Ortiz news immediately placed it in such a sad state.
Ortiz, 43, was shot over the weekend in an attempted robbery. The Monday news that circulated had Ortiz in critical but stable condition.
Among the reactions coming from every part of the big-league landscape includes the local New York Yankees and Mets whose first game of a two-game Subway Series slate was washed out.
Fellow Dominican Robinson Cano couldn’t believe it happened, via Pete Caldera and Justin Toscano of North Jersey.