David Ortiz RUMORS & NEWS

Boston Globe "It’s official: David Ortiz’s slump was not because of Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy asking Ortiz whether he was on steroids. Ortiz revealed that he has a sore left oblique which he’s been dealing with as far back as the Texas series in Arlington. Ortiz laughed and said, “It had nothing to..." May 15

WEEI Boston "As David Ortiz prepared to leave the Red Sox clubhouse after the team’s 3-2 loss to the Blue Jays, he did a double-take. The sight of Dan Shaughnessy, the Boston Globe columnist who confronted the slugger directly with suspicions about the possibility of his use of steroids, standing with a group..." May 12

MLB.com "Red Sox slugger David Ortiz provided no subtlety or mystery when it came to whether he would prolong his career-long hitting streak another day. In the top of the first inning against Rangers ace Yu Darvish on Sunday afternoon, Ortiz walloped a towering two-run homer to right to give his team a..." May 05

CSN New England "David Ortiz and his wife of nine years, Tiffany, are filing for divorce. “There are some situations in life that work out for a period of time and at some point they don’t work out anymore and you have to move on,” the Red Sox' designated hitter said in an interview with weei.com and mlb.com...." April 29

WEEI Boston "Red Sox DH David Ortiz believes that, after launching a homer to right field in the sixth game of a rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket, he’s ready to rejoin the Boston lineup and help the big league team. The 37-year-old said that he expects to be in the Red Sox lineup on Friday night, when..." April 20

USA Today "David Ortiz delivered a passionate and mildly profane speech to Red Sox fans Saturday as baseball returned to Fenway Park — and luckily for the slugger, it looks like the team will avoid any fines from he FCC. "This jersey that we wear today, it doesn't say 'Red Sox,' it says 'Boston,'" Ortiz..." April 20

Yahoo! Sports "There’s only one David “Big Papi” Ortiz. I was honestly a little surprised to see the microphone passed to him to close out the emotional and well produced pregame ceremony at Fenway Park on Saturday. But he is, after all, the longest tenured Boston Red Sox player in uniform, and, let's be..." April 20

Bleacher Report "With the manhunt for the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect finally over, life may start to return to normal for the community and the Boston Red Sox. Something that should help in that quest is designated hitter David Ortiz, who is rejoining the team and jubilant city from the disabled..." April 20

Boston Herald "After hitting a home run today for Triple-A Pawtucket, David Ortiz told reporters that he's ready to rejoin the Red Sox. "I think so," said Ortiz, who began the season on the disabled list because of soreness in both heels. "I'm old enough to know what I need to do to keep (his swing) compact,..." April 18

Boston Herald "After being scratched from back-to-back games at Triple-A Pawtucket, David Ortiz played yesterday and went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. His long-awaited return to the Red Sox lineup could come Friday night at Fenway Park. “There’s a chance,” manager John Farrell said. “Yes.” Ortiz was..." April 17

Boston Herald "The plan called for the Red Sox to hop a late-afternoon flight to Cleveland after finishing off a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a Patriots Day victory at Fenway Park. At least something went according to plan yesterday. According to a team spokesperson, the Red Sox left Fenway..." April 16

MassLive.com "David Ortiz was supposed to be in Triple-A Pawtucket's lineup batting third Monday night in Pawtucket but the Red Sox designated hitter did not bat in the first inning and was scratched. No reason has been announced yet. Ortiz did not play Sunday because of illness, the team said. Ortiz was..." April 15

Boston Globe "When it comes to running the bases, David Ortiz never will be confused with Rickey Henderson. But the fact Ortiz was able to run the bases freely was the best news the Red Sox could expect after his first rehab game with the Pawtucket Red Sox Thursday night. It may have overshadowed his..." April 12

Providence Journal "Barring any setbacks, David Ortiz has put concerns about his injured heels in the rear-view mirror. The mission now for Ortiz is to make up the at-bats he didn’t get during spring training. He’ll start getting those at-bats on Thursday at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. His presence will be one of..." April 11

ESPN.com "Designated hitter David Ortiz told ESPNBoston.com on Wednesday that his short rehab stint with Triple-A Pawtucket will begin Thursday as planned, marking another step in his long and winding road back to the Red Sox's lineup. Ortiz played in the third of three simulated/extended spring training..." April 10

Boston Herald "So far, not much about David Ortiz’ protracted recovery from a small tear in his right Achilles has gone according to plan. But the Red Sox have outlined a program for the slugging designated hitter to return to the lineup within three weeks. Doable? “Sounds good,” Ortiz said yesterday,..." April 04

Boston Herald "Nothing about David Ortiz' longer-than-anticipated recovery from a small tear in his right Achilles has gone according to plan, so take this for what it's worth: The Red Sox have outlined a plan that would get Ortiz back in the lineup by the third week of April, according to manager John..." April 03

Boston Herald "David Ortiz always planned on being at Yankee Stadium for Opening Day. He just figured he'd be in the Red Sox' lineup. Instead, he settled for a round of batting practice and light running. "Little weird, but it is what it is, right?" Ortiz said. "Opening Day's the one time that you want to..." April 01

Providence Journal "David Ortiz will travel to New York with the Red Sox to continue the care he's receiving on his heel. He's expected to return to Fort Myers after that with an eye on getting live at-bats in games "the week of April 8," manager John Farrell said. "That's the general time frame right..." March 31

Boston Herald "Ryan Howard ruptured his Achilles tendon on the final at-bat of the 2011 NL Division Series, requiring surgery and causing the Philadelphia Phillies first baseman to miss the first half of last season. But in some ways, he feels more fortunate than David Ortiz. In the eight months since..." March 25

NESN "At this point, who really knows when David Ortiz will be back in the Red Sox lineup. The Boston designated hitter has battled heel injuries since last summer, and they have carried over into spring training. The All-Star slugger has yet to appear in a game this spring, and it has sounded like that..." March 19

WEEI Boston "Friday, Red Sox manager John Farrell said that if David Ortiz’s injured heels continued to progress the designated hitter could resume some baseball activities Monday. When asked about the timetable Saturday afternoon, Ortiz wouldn’t commit one way or another, simply saying, “Getting..." March 17

Boston Herald "It was with more than merely national pride that David Ortiz glanced up at a television in the Red Sox clubhouse yesterday and smiled at the sight of another victory for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. “Oh, I’m loving it,” Ortiz said. “I’m loving it.” Ortiz hasn’t had..." March 17

Boston Herald "The Red Sox are not yet divulging who will replace David Ortiz when the season opens and the veteran designated hitter, as expected, will not be ready to go. Still, a few players, including right-handed hitting Jonny Gomes, left-handed hitting Mike Carp and switch-hitter Daniel Nava are among..." March 13

CSN New England "Maybe it will only be for a week or so. Maybe it will be as long as a month. Or maybe it will be something that they have to deal with, periodically, throughout the season. But the Red Sox are going to have to find someone to take David Ortiz's at-bats as their designated hitter -- for..." March 12

Boston Herald "The word of the day is “relief.” Isn’t it a relief that MRIs revealed no damage to David Ortiz’s Achilles? Isn’t it a relief that Ortiz now knows why he’s feeling inflammation in his heels? Isn’t it a relief that with some rest, Ortiz may finally be able to return to the diamond? All of that..." March 12

Boston Herald "The Red Sox lost way more than an hour’s sleep because of daylight saving time yesterday. They also lost any realistic shot that David Ortiz is going to be ready in time for Opening Day on April 1. And pegging a realistic date for when Ortiz is actually going to play has become a big ol’..." March 11

NESN "The No. 1 rule of spring training is to not get too high or too low on individual performances, as the games bear little resemblance to regular season action. That being said, as the Red Sox put up a goose egg on Friday, it was hard not to envision what life could be like without David Ortiz in..." March 09

Boston Herald "With three weeks until the Opening Day, it’s time to start talking dominoes. And not the cool ones that make the world’s biggest figure eight en route to a spot in Guinness. We’re talking about bad dominoes, like the ones teetering at David Ortiz’s locker before spidering to every corner of the..." March 09

Boston Herald "David Ortiz looked and sounded down yesterday about lingering soreness and discomfort that has now spread to both lower legs. After taking batting practice at JetBlue Park, Ortiz spoke about his condition, conceding there was no way he could play a game now. “This (expletive) has been driving..." March 08

Boston Herald "After a successful baserunning exercise yesterday morning, David Ortiz now believes he can live with the soreness in his Achilles tendon. And that means he believes he will be ready in plenty of time for Opening Day. “The main goal right now is to make sure I get to play down here — if I..." March 05

CSN New England "Early Sunday, before the Red Sox hosted the Yankees, designated hitter David Ortiz had been scheduled for a baserunning drill during the day. It would be his second consecutive day of such drills, testing the injured right Achilles that cut short his 2012 season. Manager John Farrell had said the..." March 04

Boston Herald "We’ll get to our opinion on David Ortiz in a minute, but first, the facts: • Ortiz injured his Achilles on July 16 while rounding the bases on an Adrian Gonzalez home run. • He played once thereafter, but reinjured the same foot while going 2-for-4 on Aug. 24. • Until last week, he hadn’t..." March 04

Boston Herald "David Ortiz stepped into the box yesterday and began spraying soft line drives around one of the batting practice fields at JetBlue Park. With each successive round, however, those soft liners stiffened. They started one-hopping the fence, and eventually turned majestic. One of his last swings..." March 03

Boston Herald "David Ortiz won’t play today when the Red Sox open their Grapefruit League schedule against the Tampa Bay Rays. But Big Papi still plans to be in the lineup Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. “I’d like to be in a game tomorrow, no question,” Ortiz said yesterday after testing his right Achilles..." February 23

Boston Herald "Forget about Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. If anyone was going to get into the Hall of Fame this year, David Ortiz hoped it was going to be Edgar Martinez. “What else can you do after you put up numbers like the ones that he put up?” Ortiz told the Herald yesterday. “Good players are good..." February 14

Boston Herald "He is a walking, talking, smiling reminder of The Good Times. He is the man with the six seasons with 100 or more runs batted in, a single-season franchise-record 54 home runs and, most importantly, the two World Series rings. He is David Ortiz, life of the Red Sox party. It was a chipper..." February 13

SportingNews.com "David Ortiz is one of many members of the Boston Red Sox eager for a fresh start after a disappointing last-place finish in the 2012 season. But before turning his attention solely on the upcoming season, Ortiz reflected once more on what went wrong last season. And it included a not-so-stealth..." February 13

Over The Monster "It's spring, and you know what that means! Depressing injury news that takes all the life out of the season before it even begins! Okay, maybe I'm being a bit too dramatic. So far, we've only had one gunshot wound! And the lightning that hit Jacoby Ellsbury's plane didn't actually do any harm..." February 12

Boston Herald "Should we be worried about David Ortiz? Ben Cherington isn’t. Given an entire winter to rest the strained Achilles that limited him to 90 games last year, Ortiz recently began running and may not be 100 percent when full spring training workouts begin next week. Still, Cherington, the Red..." February 06

Over The Monster "David Ortiz missed nearly half of the 2012 season after suffering an injury to his Achilles. Prior to that point, Ortiz had hit .316/.414/.609, and was the top hitter in the Red Sox lineup at a time when there wasn't enough of that going around. He would appear in just one more game, though, more..." February 05