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I've always been my own hitting coach.

David Ortiz

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David Ortiz
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 18
Baseball Player
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Big Papi
David Americo Ortiz Arias
Always
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Hitting
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I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.
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I just want to play baseball.
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I'm going to be done when I've decided that I'm done.
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This jersey that we're wearing today doesn't say Red Sox. It says Boston.
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It doesn't matter if we are down 3-0. We just have got to keep the faith like that one piece you were saying in Keep on Going, because the game is not over till the last out.
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