BIG PAPI = BIG BABY

Poor David Ortiz…poor David Ortiz…

While most in baseball associate David Ortiz with the nickname “Big Papi”, I feel “Big Baby” is much more appropriate and will, thus, refer to him as such for the rest of this article.  In my opinion, big babies never take blame and always cry when others are “picking” on them.  They act as if they are 100% innocent and defensively point fingers at others whenever their perfect innocence is challenged.  Big babies intake “formulas” or other “things” to help them grow stronger.

Big Baby was on a list of 104 players that included A-Rod that failed a drug test that was given back in 2003.  Back then, MLB determined that they were not going to suspend anyone; that they were simply gathering an idea of the amount of drug usage within their organization.  Since that time and since suspensions were implemented, Big Baby has never been found guilty like other players from the George J. “Mitchell Report”: Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Manny Ramirez, and Rafael Palmeiro.  Nor was he found guilty in recent years from sporadic tests or from evidence involving the anti-aging clinic/Biogenesis lab findings that exposed players including A-Rod, Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, Everth Cabrera, Jesus Montero, Francisco Cervelli, Antonio Bastardo, and Jordany Valdespin.  So, Big Baby was never suspended like the others were (for at least 50 games).

Still, there are members of the press and some baseball players that feel skeptical about Big Baby’s innocence throughout the years.  Big Baby doesn’t understand that and points out that his name was not supposed to be divulged from that sealed/confidential list of players from the 2003 test.  He has stated that the drug was an over-the-counter drug that anyone could buy and use.  He doesn’t understand why anyone would question the fact that his offensive numbers (>30 homers/>100 RBIs) are very uncharacteristic for any player in their late 30s.  Big Baby, instead, implies that such great numbers should be praised beyond that of any average baseball player.  

This week (on Thursday, March 26), Big Baby decided that he wanted to try and rectify the misunderstandings of others and save face for himself before the 2015 season begins.  Apparently, he is not only concerned about his current reputation amongst the media, but also of his future standing with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum committee.  Ironically, 2 former players from the Yankees who played during most of Big Baby’s years (Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera), never showed self-acclaim or any expectations towards being elected into the Hall of Fame.  They have instead lowered their tones humbly whenever the subject is mentioned.

Big Baby stomped his feet in a tantrum this past Thursday and decided to generate his own article on “The Players’ Tribune” which is a journalism outlet that Derek Jeter created for players.  Before I provide Thursday’s quotes from that, let me first provide some past quotes that Big Baby stated:

From “Boston.com” - “I will find out what I tested positive for…based on whatever I learn.  I will share this information with my club and the public. You know me - I will not hide and I will not make excuses.”  From ESPN - “The information regarding Ortiz and Ramirez became known through Times interviews with multiple lawyers and others connected to pending litigation regarding the test results between the baseball players union and the government. The lawyers spoke anonymously because the testing information is under seal by a court order, the newspaper reported, and the lawyers did not indicate which drugs were detected.”

Here are some of the things Big Baby vocalized for his article in The Players’ Tribune on March 26: 

Okay, sure, I’ll take that. I’m buying an over-the-f***ing-counter supplement in the United States of America. I’m buying this stuff in line next to doctors and lawyers. Now all of a sudden MLB comes out and says there’s some ingredient in GNC pills that have a form of steroid in them. I don’t know anything about it.

If you think I’m full of it, go to your kitchen cabinet right now and read the back of a supplement bottle and honestly tell me you know what all of that stuff is. I’m not driving across the border to Mexico buying some shady pills from a drug dealer. I’m in a strip mall across from the Dunkin’ Donuts, bro.

Hell yes I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. I’ve won three World Series since MLB introduced comprehensive drug testing. I’ve performed year after year after year. But if a bunch of writers who have never swung a bat want to tell me it’s all for nothing, OK. Why do they write my legacy?

Gee, what a sweetheart of a guy and a “teddy bear” (a nickname his followers sometimes call him); such charismatic language to choose in his first self-written, publicized words; but remember, he is a Big Baby.  He said, "I'm not driving across the border to Mexico", so how could we fathom that he could have obtained drugs?  Wow, how ignorant does he think average baseball fans are?  Are we to believe that drugs are only attainable across the border, and only in Mexico?  He “will not make excuses”?  That’s all he’s been doing for 10 years!  Maybe there’s something in his Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee that has either jumbled his brain or, on the other hand, made him stronger than most players in their late 30s - including the majority of players who are actually in better toned condition!!

Big Baby blames either the whole state of New York or presumably the Yankees as the culprits that have provided embellished stories aimed at him just to distort their own players.  Has he ever read the New York newspapers?  Has he ever listened to the New Yorkers or even just the segmented Yankees’ fans over the airwaves?  Wow!

Besides the aforementioned quotes and stories from “Boston.com” or “ESPN” who, along with MLB, typically wear Red Sox cheerleading outfits when they write or talk about the Red Sox, even the “Boston Globe” has offered some unsupportive rhetoric about the Big Baby:  http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/03/27/dear-david-ortiz-since-you-brought/soyNO1ICkfvv5THbW98O0K/story.html.

Additionally, NBC Sports pointed out a very good point via their http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/27/did-david-ortiz-admit-to-more-than-he-realized-with-his-players-tribune-editorial/ link, which basically emphasizes that while Big Baby cried about being tested more than any other player in baseball, MLB typically only executes extra tests to players that were previously found with positive tests - including players that were never suspended, but were found to be cheaters before the suspensions were implemented.  Hmm!

MLB and especially Boston fans:  It’s time for you to finally widen your eyes and realize you have a cheater that you idolize.  Most New York baseball fans and press have expressed their grave disappointment in A-Rod, even before he was suspended!  Please take the blindfolds off and focus!

As far as the Hall of Fame is concerned, it’s a good thing that there’s at least 6 years before the votes will be casted for Big Baby because that will allow more time for the truth to make its way to the forefront.  Additionally, Big Baby has mostly been a Designate Hitter during his “legacy” career.  As a result, he certainly hasn’t contributed much defense to help his team (only about 15%) - something that the voters have considered ever since the DH was implemented.  So, since that is already disregarded by Big Baby, based on his “Vote for Me” attitude, he should also review his own team’s greatest Hall of Famers, such as Ted Williams or Carl Yastrzemski.  They certainly provided the other half of the game a typical hitter contributes…defense!  What a self-proclaimed “legacy” he is!