2022 HOF Candidates: Ortiz and Papelbon First Time on Ballot

[Oil Can Dan]

FUCK YES!

 

[Rob Bergurson]

Yea, I’m at work and started tearing up a bit

Yep me to

 

[InsideTheParker]

Buenas noches amigos!

Now this made me cry.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

nO INTERVIEW WITH THE pAPI?

They've got 110 more minutes to fill. They'll talk to him.

 

[bankshot1]

CONGRATS BIG PAPI

 

[opes]

wow surprised how far bonds and clemens fell

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

Buenas noches amigos!

Fuck. I’m so emotional and didn’t expect to be

 

[Doc Zero]

God I am so fucking deliriously happy.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

I’m glad Shank has to see this.

Of course, he will use this as an opportunity to just denigrate the HOF, but no way this doesn’t annoy him.

 

[JoePoulson]

Man that made me emotional as hell. Large Father!

 

[YTF]

Jeff Kent 32.7%

 

[cornwalls@6]

The large father!!!!! Sooooo well deserved.

 

[snowmanny]

Why am I crying?

Yup. Second time he made me cry.

This game, knowing it was his last season, did it first.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS201605140.shtml

 

[Ale Xander]

bad news though:

Papelbon off the ballot

 

[staz]

DAVID ORTIZ!
DAVID ORTIZ!
DAVID ORTIZ!

 

[Beomoose]

Large First Ballot Father.

 

[Dim13]

I think I heard that Papi might be a hall of famer. Can anyone confirm??

 

[pk1627]

We’ve had some great players. This one won us our first title in 86 years. Then 2 more.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Thank you, Mr. Ortiz.

Now which hat do you think he'll choose?

 

[bosockboy]

Amazing how close we were to losing him with his shooting, and now this. Sometimes life is good.

 

[Deweys New Stance]

I am a jaded, cynical, stressed out middle age guy. And I am absolutely giddy right now!

Just fantastic news. Incredibly well deserved!

 

[bigq]

Happy day. He certainly earned it.

 

[opes]

I think I heard that Papi might be a hall of famer. Can anyone confirm??

rumors only at this point.

 

[Daniel_Son]

Carl Crawford didn't get a single vote. Love to see it.

 

[Omar's Wacky Neighbor]

Live feed: Petey over Papi's right shoulder

 

[Ale Xander]

He’s on MLBN after the commercial break

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Thank you, Mr. Ortiz.

Now which hat do you think he'll choose?

Mariners, obvs.

 

[Johnny Fashion]

Papi's night tonight.

I'll leave it for later to complain about the single greatest hitter I've ever seen lose his HoF eligibility.

(Yes, it's A.J. Pierzynski)

 

[JoePoulson]

I think I heard that Papi might be a hall of famer. Can anyone confirm??

Nah he failed a test in 2003! LOL

I LOVE BIG PAPI

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Someone had the signature for a while from NYYFans which was roughly "if we had signed Ortiz we could still be chanting 1918"

Thanks for that, Papi.

 

[BaseballJones]

Super happy for Papi. Well-earned.

The crazy thing is that Bonds was, by miles, a better player than Ortiz. Oh well. Tough luck for him.

 

[Ale Xander]

Thank you, Mr. Ortiz.

Now which hat do you think he'll choose?

 

[opes]

ortiz coming up in video

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Super happy for Papi. Well-earned.

The crazy thing is that Bonds was, by miles, a better player than Ortiz. Oh well. Tough luck for him.

Yes. Though by perhaps an even larger margin, Bonds is also a worse human being, so there's that.

For the record, I would have voted for Bonds---I don't think we have any real idea who did and didn't do what in the 90s/2000s across MLB.

 

[Spelunker]

Now that is a shirt.

 

[snowmanny]

Super happy for Papi. Well-earned.

The crazy thing is that Bonds was, by miles, a better player than Ortiz. Oh well. Tough luck for him.

Luck?

 

[Oil Can Dan]

I’m so glad Pedro is with him.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

I want to see Pedroia before the night is out.

 

[Ed Hillel]

He looks like an African prince

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Pedro being with Papi in much more formal attire is everything.

 

[Omar's Wacky Neighbor]

Dasm, that is one complicated pattern on his shirt.

 

[bosockboy]

This is just wonderful.

View: https://twitter.com/redsox/status/1486118943530135554?s=21

 

[moretsyndrome]

I am a jaded, cynical, stressed out middle age guy. And I am absolutely giddy right now!

Just fantastic news. Incredibly well deserved!

I’m this, too. Woo!

 

[opes]

I am so happy. I can't make it any more simple.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Did Pedro lose weight for this occasion, like a wedding?

 

[mauf]

I learned about Papi making the Hall while I was watching the local news (Channel 5) with my family. At the end of the newscast, the banter among the presenters ran a bit longer than usual, and was about 90% David Ortiz and 10% big storm coming on Friday. Which seemed right to us. We’ll plan tomorrow for the storm on Friday. Today is about Big Papi.

 

[Earthbound64]

David Ortiz is Hall of Forever

 

[AlNipper49]

How awesome is it that Pedro was there?

View: https://twitter.com/redsox/status/1486118943530135554?s=21

 

[Jimbodandy]

Woohoo!!!

They got it right.

 

[Daniel_Son]

Dasm, that is one complicated pattern on his shirt.

Looks like he spent all his per diem at Dan Flashes.