Ortiz said. ''We are the same age. We hang out together. Watching TV together and seeing what was going on in New Orleans, we knew we had to do something. |
[Saturday] night, we got whacked. Today, David just held them down. Don't let that team fool you. They can hit. If you make a mistake against them, any one of those guys will hurt you. |
[Which is to carry the burden of a Nation too often maybe. But he just keeps coming through, doesn't he?] When you're out there playing, ... you don't think about the game being on your back. |
About time. We need him. |
Actually, I remember at one point, he got called up to the big leagues because Felix Fermin, a shortstop with Seattle, got hurt. Alex went up there. When Felix Fermin got better, they wanted to send Alex back down. That was the first time ever I saw Alex say he was going to quit. He wasn't going to play baseball anymore. The whole organization was going crazy. They didn't want a guy like that having that kind of feelings. What they did, they kept the guy up there. He's one of the best players to ever play the game. |
Actually, we were talking about hitting way before the game, and I was telling him that sometimes right-handed hitters get confused with the Green Monster and was telling him not to get caught in between. Stay to the middle [of the field]. If you see an inside pitch, you pull it, you do whatever you have to do, but don't be thinking about it too much, otherwise it will get you in trouble. |
Alex has a great personality and I have a lot of respect for Alex. |
Alex is a great guy, man, ... Everybody knows that he's very talented. Alex has a great personality. I have a lot of respect for Alex. Alex is very interesting when you sit down and talk to him. |
All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do. |
Anybody can go through tough times, but I knew that things are going to be this way at the end of the season. For some reason, I had this feeling, ... They have a good team. |
As long as they throw you pitches that you can hit, you've got to try to not miss it, |
At one point, he got called up to the big leagues |
Baseball is a tough enough game. I try not to mix what is needed on the field with what is expected from those off the field. It isn't a good thing. |
Crazy, man. But whatever they do, they can't catch the ball if you hit it off the Green Monster. |
Crazy. It's crazy. Theo was great. People love Theo. How long was Theo in the Red Sox organization for before he won a World Series? |