TY - BOOK AU - Ortiz,David AU - Holley,Michael S. TI - Papi: my story SN - 9781328915849 (paperback) AV - 118 GV 865 O77p 2018 U1 - 796.357092 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY PB - Mariner Books KW - Ortiz, David, KW - Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) KW - Medias Rojas de Boston (Equipo de béisbol) KW - Baseball players KW - Dominican Republic KW - Biography KW - Jugadores de béisbol KW - Biografías KW - República Dominicana N1 - The desert Tom Kelly and me Crossroads Work, wait, play Turning point The new Red Sox The October of Ortiz Parade route and out Life after the series In and out Red Sox Coasting Another country Accused Written off Paper tigers Breaks and rebellions This is our f'in city Ups, downs, silver linings The end and a new beginning N2 - As a key part of the Boston Red Sox for 14 years, David "Big Papi" Ortiz has helped the team win 3 World Series, bringing back a storied franchise from "never wins" to "always wins." He made Boston and the Red Sox his home, his place of work, and his legacy. In this memoir, Ortiz opens up about his life in baseball and about the problems he sees in Major League Baseball, about former teammates, opponents, coaches, and executives, and about the weight of expectation whenever he stepped up to the plate. The result is a revelatory, fly-on-the wall story of a career by a player with a lot to say at the end of his time in the game, a game to which he gave so much and which gave so much to him ER -