Big Papi returns to lineup
Published 4/14/2008 by Ian Browne at Major League Baseball News
Struggling slugger David Ortiz returned to the Red Sox lineup Monday in Cleveland, after letting manager Terry Francona known in a rather unusual way that he wanted to play.
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