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Big Papi: Selig should support Bonds
Published 5/8/2007 by Ben Maller at Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes
... No matter where Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s mark, David Ortiz wants commissioner Bud Selig to be there. “He’s just making things worse,” Ortiz said of Selig’s inconclusive remarks about attending. “He’s the commissioner, there’s nothing you can do about it. You can’t be saying that. What are people going to think about the game? They’ll be like, ‘This game is a joke.’ He should come, even if he doesn’t want to.”

BoSox Ortiz: fans should cheer Bonds
Published 5/8/2007 by Ben Maller at Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes
... David Ortiz believes Barry Bonds needs to be cheered. Loudly. “He deserves respect,” Ortiz said. “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).” Whether or not Bonds will be on the verge of breaking Hank Aaron’s career mark of 755 home runs - he’s at 744 with 34 games to play before he arrives here on June 15 - Ortiz expects Fenway Park fans will be making a mistake by focusing on the performance-enhancing drug allegations against Bonds rather than his home run totals. 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

David Ortiz = Your Average American Baseball Fan
Published 5/8/2007 by The Feed at The Feed

Ten to Go
Published 5/9/2007 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source