Big Papi
David Americo Ortiz Arias was born on November 18, 1975, in Santa Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Ortiz, the oldest of parents Enrique and Angela Rosa's four children, was born with an easygoing personality that allowed him to make friends readily. Baseball was big in the household. Enrique, who went by the nickname Leo, was a baseball player himself, having played professional and semi-professional ball in the Dominican leagues for years. David's heroes were the Martinez brothers, Ramon and Pedro, local boys who had made good in the major leagues.
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David
Traded by the Seattle Mariners, released by the Minnesota Twins and passed over by the Bronx Bombers, David distinguished himself as a lefthanded bat in 2004. Known as "Big Papi" in the Boston clubhouse, he is the head of baseball's family. David's great leadership and amazing hitting ended the Curse of the Bambino and put championship rings on Red Sox fingers for the first time since the Wilson administration. In the process, he has given the term "father figure" a whole new meaning.
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