A question keeps popping up, during almost every radio interview I’ve done lately.
Is David Ortiz really going to retire?
It’s a fair question. The Red Sox slugger announced in November — on his 40th birthday — in a video on the Player’s Tribune website that the 2016 season would be his final year as a player. He talked about how he’d miss the game and the fans, but he said he was ready for the next chapter in his life.
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He finished with this: “After next year, time is up, so let’s enjoy next season.