Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.

Ortiz charged at Gregg and started a bench-clearing brawl. Kennedy Library in Boston. On May 22 Ortiz hit his first home run of the season off Brett Cecil of the Toronto Blue Jays ending his career-high 178 homerless at-bat streak.

Mostly a designated hitter Ortiz sometimes plays at first base. Ortiz played with the Minnesota Twins from 1997 until 2002. David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18 1975) nicknamed "Big Papi" is a Dominican-American professional baseball player with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.