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| Height: 6-4
Weight: 230
Throws: L
Bats: L Born: Nov 18, 1975, Santo Domingo, Contract: Signed through 2010 with a club option for 2011. |
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| September 12, 2005 David Ortiz returned to the lineup on Monday after being limited to a pinch-hitting appearance on Sunday because of tightness in his back, according to the AP. |
| September 12, 2005 David Ortiz is aiming to return from his sore back to start today, according to the Boston Globe. |
| September 11, 2005 David Ortiz is expected to take Sunday off to rest his back, which was tweaked on Friday, according to the Boston Globe. "I've got a little bit of a tight back," Ortiz said. "They're going to shut me down for a day." |
| August 26, 2005 David Ortiz was back in the starting lineup Friday after missing one game with a bruised left palm, according to the AP. He went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. |
| August 25, 2005 David Ortiz didn't play Thursday night after bruising his hand on a slide in Wednesday's game, according to the AP. |
| July 26, 2005 David Ortiz was rested on Tuesday, according to the AP. He entered the game with just three hits in his previous 20 at-bats. |
| July 16, 2005 David Ortiz started at first base for the Red Sox on Saturday for the just the second time this season in an American League ballpark. Ortiz now has 10 total games at first this season. |
| July 1, 2005 David Ortiz was given the night off on Friday because he historically does not hit well againt Toronto starter Ted Lilly. Ortiz has a .105 batting average with no homers in 19 career at-bats against Lilly. |
| June 13, 2005 David Ortiz was given a routine day off yesterday, according to the Boston Globe. |
| May 15, 2005 David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez switched spots in the batting order yesterday, as Ortiz hit third and Ramirez fourth, according to the Boston Globe. Manager Terry Francona plans to stick with the change. "I don't experiment," Francona said. "We don't make very many lineup changes" |
| March 16, 2005 The Boston Globe reports that David Ortiz will bat cleanup when the season begins. He had hoped to hit third, but Manny Ramirez will get that spot. |
| March 12, 2005 David Ortiz felt a twinge in the shoulder he injured last season when he swung at and missed a pitch yesterday, according to the Boston Globe. He said he may have to deal with occasional soreness this season, but he's been told surgery is not an option. "I don't have a problem, just soreness," said Ortiz. "There's nothing I can do about it. Ice it and exercises." |
| March 6, 2005 The Boston Globe reports that David Ortiz had the shoulder that bothered him last season examined over the winter by a Dominican doctor and was declared healthy. "It was nothing but inflammation," he said. "It doesn't bother me to swing the bat. I still feel pain sometimes, especially when I finish doing my workouts, when I get my work in and go home to sleep, it bothers me a little bit. But it's way better than what it used to [be]." |