Topic: David Ortiz

National League ends 14-year wait for All-Star win

ANAHEIM (Reuters) - The National League eked out a first All-Star game victory in 14 years on Tuesday, securing home-field advantage for their pennant winners in the World Series.On the day baseball mourned the loss of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, ...
Dressed for success: Bling's the thing for some All-Stars, others well suited, a few get shadyWith all the cops prowling the hotel during All-Star media day, good thing none of them represented the fashion police. Otherwise, some citations surely would have been ...

Boston slugger Ortiz wins home run derby

Boston Red Sox hitter David Ortiz captured Major League Baseball's home run hitting contest Monday, blasting 11 dingers in the final round at Angels Stadium.Ortiz out hit Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez (11-5) to win his first Home Run Derby which is ...

David Ortiz earns Home Run Derby crown

ANAHEIM (Reuters) - Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz won his first Major League Baseball Home Run Derby title on Monday.Ortiz blasted 11 home runs in the competition's final round to hold off Hanley Ramirez of the Florida Marlins, who managed just ...
Call me Big Papi: Boston's David Ortiz wins Home Run Derby, beating Florida's Hanley RamirezBoston slugger David Ortiz has won his first Home Run Derby title, hitting 10 homers in the final round to beat Florida's Hanley Ramirez at Angel Stadium.Big Papi ...
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers and David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox opened at online sportsbooks as the two leading MLB betting favorites to win in Monday Night's 2010 Home Run Derby odds. Cabrera opened at 5-2 with Ortiz at ...
Ortiz hits 13th homer, Buchholz wins to lead Red Sox to 6-3 win over D'backsDavid Ortiz homered, Dustin Pedroia scored three runs and Clay Buchholz had another solid start to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over Arizona on ...
Jamie Moyer has worst start of career, David Ortiz has 4 RBIs as Red Sox pound Phillies 12-2David Ortiz drove in four runs, Boston led 12-0 after three innings and the Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-2 on Friday night in ...

Ortiz rallies Red Sox with homer to beat A's

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston slugger David Ortiz smacked a two-run home run and Japanese starter Daisuke Matsuzaka shook off a slow start as the Boston Red Sox came from behind to beat the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.Trailing 3-0 in the first inning, ...

Booms and Busts of 2010 - AL

Memorial Day is coming up very soon, so let's not wait in gauging which teams have so far outperformed their expectations, and which have so far come up short. They have a ton of talent, it goes deep, and despite lingering questions ...