Why do baseball fans like David Ortiz?

[ExodusNirvana]

Steroids allow you to train harder.
And it allows you to recover faster.

But here's the thing.
By and large, in a sport like baseball...strength is not that big of a deal. I know that sounds crazy but understand that baseball is largely a skill sport. You don't need to be 230 pounds to hit home runs. You don't need 18 inch arms to throw 95 mph. So very, very few players were bums but actually became stars because of the juice.

Now the recovery? That is a much larger deal. Because you're talking about a sport where position players get maybe 4 days off in a month. And often less. It's 162 games in roughly 180 days. That's brutal whether people realize it or not. So being able to bounce back and play at a high level...thru the nagging injuries is a major leg up. It's also impactful for pitching recovery, but that's a little trickier for casual fans to understand because they think having 4 days off between starts negates any of the rigors of pitching.

Yeah I'm well aware of these things man I'm not a couch potato

And I get that but if you can't cut it then you can't cut it

Really if you involve steroids it's all about the money it's not about the competition or the sport at all

 

[Goat poster]

It's crazy seeing an all time great like Arod be virtually cast off in his final season.

While Ortiz gets gifts and cheers in his final season...

Having a "great personality" really gets people over in life.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

It's crazy seeing an all time great like Arod be virtually cast off in his final season.

While Ortiz gets gifts and cheers in his final season...

Having a "great personality" really gets people over in life.

Let's not forget the Yankees honestly have been beefing with Rodriguez for a real long time over his contract. They knowingly sent him out with a torn hip in the 2012 playoffs basically in hopes he would get hurt bad enough that he would have to retire so they could get out of that contract.

 

[LezJepzin]

Bonds definitely knew what he was doing.
It's just that his trainer refused to corroborate the prosecutions defense. So Bonds could claim whatever he wanted.

His trainer was a rider though

 

[JameisNewton]

It was basically the awnser to the thread title.

It's "Ortiz strongarmed his way from burning out with the Twins to beating out 9 other guys to be the Red Sox DH against all odds"

bro you just said Ortiz has 634 career home runs. This conversation is above your mental paygrade.

 

[the next guy]

Because this is ar seedy, that's why!

 

[Super Cheech]

He's a cheating, lying piece of shyt..fukk him

 

[ill]

Clutch city

Papi going to the hall of fame.

 

[Versa]

Seems like a real 'regular' dude.

He has no filter.

He has a great personality that people can relate to.

Aside from his accomplishments as a baseball player/

What you said + storied playoff moments where he came through big

It's not that deep people.

 

[Taadow]

bro you just said Ortiz has 634 career home runs. This conversation is above your mental paygrade.

You right.

 

[Raquinotj]

Edgar Martinez hit .311/.423/.517 at home.
Edgar Martinez hit .312/.412/.514 away.


Kingdome my ass.

I love how you trying to ignore the Elephant in the room, the Fact that David Ortiz is the Greatest postseason Hitter in the History of Baseball YES Including Reggie Jackson. 3 Time WORLD Champion, Had The Greatest World Series of all time in 2013 BTW he hit .688 in the World series and was the MVP. BTW #1 of ALL time in the World series (Over 50 PA) in career average .455, .576 OBP, .795 Slugging,1.372 OBP+SLG and in the Clutch? Ask Torii Hunter if he remembers that time Ortiz literally took him into the Bullpen for a Grand Slam to tie the Game in the 2013 ALCS.

um yeah he's good at that as well. Career Numbers are not even Close since David Ortiz has an edge on about every category. He was the Kevin Love of Baseball, Empty stats on Mostly on Mediocre teams. Wake me up with Edgar Martinez top 10 "Memorable" moments that you remember and Championship At bats oh Never mind that boy NEVER sniffed a world series...I'll Wait.

this Is a Google Search on Edgar Martinez and Championships

edgar martinez championships - Google Search


David Ortiz (Incomplete)
Edgar Martinez

G PA AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so avg obp slg ops ops+
2362 9908 8481 1394 2421 621 19 529 1731 17 9 1299 1722 .285 .379 .550 .930 141
2055 8674 7213 1219 2247 514 15 309 1261 49 30 1283 1202 .312 .418 .515 .933 147

Don't wanna embarrass you by bringing up playoff stats so I'm just gonna post up some pics....

 

[Raquinotj]

It's crazy seeing an all time great like Arod be virtually cast off in his final season.

While Ortiz gets gifts and cheers in his final season...

Having a "great personality" really gets people over in life.

Are you Dumb or what? you get what you Give. Be an a$$hole get treated like one... Treat people nice and they'll treat you nice, Some of you nikkaz Dumb as fukk in this forum and to go back to the way A-Rod been shytted on, HIS OWN team/Management and fans didn't want him. They forced him out the game in a way nobody has ever been forced out before(In any sport) while playing the Corpse of Mark Teixeira(Who BTW is having a worse season than A-Rod). Expect sympathy from other Fan bases when your own fan base/Team is shytting on you brehs...

 

[JameisNewton]

^you already know this guy is one obese slob