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Big Papi strong
David Clark Scott
David Ortiz was an impressive ballplayer. He made history again and again in Fenway Park. But the act that has defined his legacy, for me, wasn鈥檛 when he swung a bat. 聽
It was a 54-word ad-libbed speech shortly after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. For a week, the city and suburbs had experienced fear and lockdowns as police chased suspects. The bombers had been caught the night before. But the wounds were still raw when Big Papi stepped onto the field before the April 20 game.
鈥淎ll right, Boston,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his jersey that we wear today, it doesn鈥檛 say 鈥楻ed Sox.鈥� It says 鈥楤oston.鈥欌�� He thanked the police and politicians, and said: 鈥淭his is our [expletive] city. And nobody鈥檚 going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.鈥�
At that moment, his influence went beyond a sport or even a city. No. 34 gave voice to a feeling of defiance. It was a fierce rebuke to fear.
鈥淏ig Papi was saying what he felt about Boston 鈥� 鈥楤oston Strong鈥� 鈥� and how a terrorist attack was not going to change the basic spirit of that city,鈥� then-President Barack Obama said in a speech in 2016. 鈥淎t that moment, he spoke about what America is.鈥�
As you may have heard, the retired slugger is recovering from in the Dominican Republic. The Red Sox flew him to Boston Monday night for medical care. He鈥檚 back gathering strength from a city that he once helped carry.
Big Papi strong.
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