Boston Red Sox: Ortiz goes to bat for Barry

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Boston Globe: Ortiz goes to bat for Barry
Published 5/8/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... Boston Globe: Ortiz goes to bat for Barry ...but certainly not the

Curt on Bonds
Published 5/8/2007 at Extra Bases
... “He deserves respect,” Ortiz told Michael Silverman in a story in today’s Boston Herald. “People are not going to give it to him because of all the bad things running around, this and that, but people need to realize. I’ve heard a lot of different things about Barry Bonds, but people should just admit it - this guy’s a bad (expletive).”

Ortiz Supports Bonds
Published 5/8/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
... David Ortiz comes out in defense of Barry Bonds : Ortiz has an almost willful naivete about both Bonds and steroids. He still does not believe in his heart or his head that Bonds took steroids. And even if it were proven to him, Ortiz still would not link it to what Bonds does with a baseball bat. "To hit the frickin' ball, the guy makes it look easy, but it ain't. I don't know how you can have that swing, consistently. I don't know how steroids can do that," Ortiz said. "There are supposed to be guys using steroids in the game, and there's nobody close to Barry Bonds. What's that mean? He was using the best (expletive)? Know what I'm saying?" He also believes Selig should be at the game if and when Bonds breaks the record. I personally don't care about Selig being there. He seems to sap the excitement out of the moment when he speaks at these milestones, so let the Giants handle it.

Big Papi hits behind Bonds
Published 5/8/2007 by GRG51 at Steroid Nation
... So Big Papi is protecting the Barry.  Good enough. Story here in the Boston Herald.

Big Papi on Bonds & Steroids
Published 5/8/2007 by Steve at SOX & Dawgs
... According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald:

Baseball Players Say The Darndest Things.
Published 5/8/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... that Bonds took steroids, mostly on the grounds of not knowing whether that actually affects the hand-eye coordination necessary to hit like Bonds does, and to an extent, Ortiz does. However, Ortiz isn't crazy about commissioner Bud Selig possibly skipping out on #756:

Curt Schilling Is Bad People & a Huge Hypocrite, But Barry Bonds & David Ortiz Are Bad Mother…
Published 5/9/2007 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... Ortiz’s statements were both reported and subtly belittled by Boston Herald writer Michael Silverman –

.... Big Mouth
Published 5/9/2007 by John at Only Baseball Matters
... : .... He [Bonds] admitted he used steroids. There's no gray area. He [Bonds] admitted cheating on his wife, cheating on taxes and cheating on the game. Hank Aaron not being there, the commissioner [Bud Selig] not knowing where he's going to be, it's sad. I don't care if he's black, green, purple or yellow or whatever. It's just unfortunate there's good people and bad people. Yeah, thanks for being one more mis-informed jerkoff with a pulpit. Schilling would know about PED's since he would have never been able to perform his Game Six heroics against the Yankees without massive amounts of painkilling injections and pills. Apparently, the only time Schilling knows about steroids is when he's in front of the media, 'cause he sure clammed up in front of Congress. I'd be interested to know what David Ortiz thinks about his teammates big statements, since Ortiz already came out and said that he thinks Bonds has go

Tito to Schill: Zip it
Published 5/9/2007 at Extra Bases
... Francona was asked if the same goes for David Ortiz, who spoke supportively of Bonds recently.