~ every other hit for Ortiz in Fenway this season has been a double. HRs+2Bs+3Bs = 40/60 hits.



why would you pitch to this guy at Fenway.

If he gets one vote for the HOF from any voter who passes on Bonds/Palmeiro/etc., the farce that is HOF balloting should be terminated.

I'd argue that he's been worse for baseball than all of the other juicers. Unless you're a unabashedly hypocritical (read: typical) BoSox fan.

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Because you are still more likely to get him out than not?

the problem is when he gets a hit at home, he's either scoring or more often than not in scoring position and out of GIDP position.

While it'd be ideal to get him out every at-bat, I'd rather have Ortiz standing on 1B after his at-bat than on 2B. Or 3B. Or home.

walking him 4x's a Fenway game prolly leads to Ortiz scoring fewer runs than pitching to him 4 times a Fenway game. Difficult for the hitters after him to GIDP when he's on 2nd. or for Ortiz to score all the way from 1B if the guy behind him gets a hit. Or for Ortiz to hit one over the short-fence in RF.

And he's not driving in too many guys off of walks. whereas doubles can score runners from any base.

but they said steroids don't actually make you better...

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nice take. i always thought it's going to be interesting to see how he fares with the inevitable HOF gambit/guillotine/etc because not only do you have the whole "yeah he's on roids b-but we actually like him" thing, but you've also got that "do DHs belong in the HOF?" argument as well. it's like opening up a can of worms to find a can of zika-mosquito-infested-shit inside.

for the record, i'm totally kicking myself in that one league where i had a choice between pujols and ortiz and i went with old mang albie. speaking of, i can't wait for the baseball good ol boys network to eventually "leak" some sort of steroids stuff for pujols in much the same way they did for sosa within a week of him saying "i've always been clean; i never failed a test; i'll sit back and wait for my call from the HOF"

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Manny and Davidd Ortiz will knock down the door for rge roids guys