Diamondbacks Keep Busy; Ortiz Heading Home
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ANAHEIM, Calif., (Sports Network) - The Arizona  Diamondbacks continued their offseason makeover Friday as they  signed free agent pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year contract.
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CHICAGO -- It's hard enough trying to hit a 5-ounce sphere hurtling toward the plate at 90-something miles an hour. For David Ortiz , it's even harder trying to do it batting fourth in the Red Sox lineup, although he didn't have much trouble last night.
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The top four hitters in the Sox lineup last night - Dustin Pedroia , Kevin Youkilis , David Ortiz , and Manny Ram&#xED;rez - combined to go 7 for 14 with 4 runs, 6 RBIs, and 4 extra-base hits (doubles by Pedroia and Ram&#xED;rez and a triple and home run by Youkilis).
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It was one of those just-between-slugger moments: David Ortiz huddling with Barry Bonds when the Giants visited Fenway Park last weekend.
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First it seemed Russ Ortiz would be relegated to the bullpen for the division series. Now it sounds like he&#39;ll start a potentially decisive Game 4 if the series goes that far.
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The Red Sox waited at home plate for David Ortiz to circle the bases. It's becoming a familiar scene in Boston. Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning Sunday night to give the Red Sox a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees and send the AL championship series to a fifth game.
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Mike Piazza drove in two runs with a pair of bloop singles, and Mike Thompson earned his first victory in more than two months as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Wednesday.
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Thanks to David Ortiz&#39;s two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the 12th at 1:22 this morning, this baseball season isn&#39;t over just yet at Fenway Park.
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After watching Jeff Fassero pitch against his team earlier this month, Diamondbacks manager Al Pedrique was impressed. &quot;I thought that he still had enough in his tank to help a Major League team,&quot; Pedrique said.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Sports Network) - The Arizona Diamondbacks  continued their offseason makeover Friday as they signed free  agent pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year contract.
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David Ortiz, who is batting .385 in the playoffs, will play first base for the Red Sox on Saturday, with Kevin Youkilis replacing him for defense if the team has a lead.
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Russ Ortiz stood at a lectern in a ballroom at baseball&#39;s winter meetings on Friday, $33 million richer. Troy Glaus, his new Arizona Diamondbacks teammate, stood to the side and beamed as he took in the scene.
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One of David Ortiz's best friends -- a native of the Dominican Republic who attended the last two All-Star Games with the Red Sox slugger and has been seen with him at Fenway Park -- has been living a lie, according to federal authorities who charged him this week with three counts of identification fraud.
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Matt Reynolds could have hit for the cycle. He just hit the ball too far. The Diamondbacks' rookie came up in the eighth inning Friday night needing a double to complete the cycle. His shot to right field had a little too much behind it, however, clearing the wall for his second homer of the game and Arizona routed the struggling Houston Astros 13-3.
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Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, the AL leader in home runs and RBIs, will have more tests for heart palpitations before he returns to the lineup.
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Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew was on his way to a marvelous game, hitting a home run and double in his first two at-bats last night, with seven innings still to be played.
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Powerful Red Sox slugger David Ortiz   will return to Boston's lineup on Tuesday after doctors found   no further problems following an irregular heartbeat that sent   him to hospital twice in August.