David (Ortiz) Slays Goliath Again
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BOSTON - New York Yankees manager Joe Torre entered the postgame interview room Monday night, sat down and said, &quot;Is this `Groundhog Day&#39;?
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ST. LOUIS -- The long-awaited sight of David Ortiz playing first base for the Red Sox finally arrived in Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night.
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Beating Mariano Rivera once in a season, as the Boston Red Sox did on July 24, is unbelievable. Twice? Almost unthinkable. Yet, it happened again Friday night -- and at Yankee Stadium no less.
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory Sunday over the Yankees that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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Kevin Youkilis can keep on hitting, David Ortiz said, but the beard has to go.
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Another nine innings and another 3 1/2 hours of toe-to-toe, leather-wielding, nonstop action. This time it produced a 12-5 Red Sox victory over the hated Yankees. Watching these two play one another is exhausting. What must the toll be on the people in uniform?
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Jon Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz&#39;s two-out home run in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees beat up on Derek Lowe in a 14-4 win Saturday that stopped Boston&#39;s momentum.
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David Ortiz belted a two-run homer in  the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a  6-4 victory over the New York Yankees in Game Four of the  American League Championship Series on Sunday.
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Just like last October, Jose Contreras and Scott Podsednik led the Chicago White Sox past Houston. Still, Ozzie Guillen was angry at reporters again.
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DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn't breaking new ground when he ordered David Ortiz to be intentionally walked three times last night.
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Two little, too late for the Boston Red Sox. Boston beat the New York Yankees twice in one day for the first time in 30 years, rallying for a 5-4 victory Sunday night on Mark Loretta's ninth-inning sacrifice fly. In the opener of the team's second straight day-night doubleheader, David Ortiz's league-leading 49th homer and Kevin Youkilis' three-run double in the seventh boosted Boston to a 6-3 win.
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Jon Lieber stopped the hard-charging Boston Red Sox in what might turn out to be a key game in the American League East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz&#39;s two-out
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BOSTON - For about half the night, it appeared this World Series opener, so feverishly anticipated in these parts, would be noted for bases on balls, pregnant pauses, pregnant stops, interminable at-bats, and the man himself, SeÃ±or October, David Ortiz
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BOSTON It was as if David Ortiz wanted to give a gift to every fan at Fenway Park. They had made him a folk hero. His legend was about to grow.
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OAKLAND, Calif. David Ortiz hit a solo homer and had four RBI&#39;s as Boston slammed Oakland 8-to-3. Mark Kotsay hit a pair of solo homers to put the A&#39;s ahead to stay.
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It won't be the same for David Murphy's second hit. The fans won't rise to give him a standing ovation. David Ortiz won't stop by to offer congratulations. The manager won't save the ball. Reporters won't crowd around his locker.
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Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, right, and Manny Ramirez watch a fly ball hit by Ramirez during batting practice for the upcoming American League Championship Series, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004 at Yankee Stadium in New York.