Bradley, if you are going to be a fielding specialist and a suckass .230 hitter with no power try to avoid hitting into bases loaded double plays. My goodness!
Ted Williams used to say that pitchers were dumb animals, but they ain't dumb enough to challenge Papi with the game on the line if there is an open base.
People keep trying to tell me that pitchers are not working around Ortiz. Yeah right, they are going to pitch to the guy who can hit the ball 500 feet when he is surrounded by .250 hitting gymnasts. Sure.