Watch: David Ortiz gifts Derek Jeter a custom-made Red Sox jersey

Watch: David Ortiz gifts Derek Jeter a custom-made Red Sox jersey

Through an extraordinary ability to perform under pressure, David Ortiz has gone from toting the heavy burden of potential to being one of the most celebrated performers in baseball history. Along the way, a baseball legend was born: BIG PAPI. Raised in the Dominican Republic, signed by the Seattle Mariners, and released by the Minnesota Twins, David Ortiz landed in baseball-crazy Boston, of all places.

Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits [Book]

David Ortiz

In farewell to David Ortiz, New York stays classy - The Boston Globe

Derek Jeter Got a Special Jersey From David Ortiz During Fox Debut

Big Papi's ballpark tour: Tracking David Ortiz's farewell season

David Ortiz

What Kobe Bryant is missing -- and David Ortiz might get -- from

He's Breaking the Rules of Physics”: Elly De La Cruz Is

One Miracle Season

Read Derek Jeter's farewell note to David Ortiz