The David Ortiz Appreciation Thread

[mvp 78]

he was one of the all timers. He's one of the guys we'll be talking about generations from now, right next to guys like Yaz and Williams who won us over with a combination of attitude, hard work an extreme production.

 

The Red Sox need to retire this man's number regardless of the size of the stick up the baseball writers' butts on the subject of the Hall of Fame.

 

They already stated they definitely will?

[Dojji]

Well yeah, and I'm glad to see the Red Sox franchise has dropped some of their absurdly rigid standards for retiring numbers. I still say #24 should be up there too. Dewey Evans deserved a shot at the Hall he never got, he's worthy.

[a700hitter]

If Ortiz comes back next year mid season because we need a big bat and he misses the game but he comes back after they retire his number , he would be the only active.player to wear his already retired number.

[Thunder]

If Ortiz comes back next year mid season because we need a big bat and he misses the game but he comes back after they retire his number , he would be the only active.player to wear his already retired number.

 

Did they set a date for his jersey retirement? I don't pay much attention to these types of things.

[Dojji]

If Ortiz comes back next year mid season because we need a big bat and he misses the game but he comes back after they retire his number , he would be the only active.player to wear his already retired number.

 

That would be amusing, but I think I would counsel the team to wait until we absolutely know he's absolutely definitely completely not coming back before going forward with the retirement ceremony. There's no reason not to wait.