David Ortiz on the mend: shooting and recovery

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I have had the pleasure of meeting him several times. Always was a good guy. Please be okay.

On another note. WTF is going on down in the DR? Between this and the tourists getting killed...
 

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Dude. WTF? That looks like a hit.

There's another video of the alleged shooter on Twitter where he's been beaten to a much bloodier pulp than in the video previously posted in this thread.
It's a fucking hit. There's no attempt to get any kind of money out of this. There's no question (imo, at least from that angle) that the shooter is looking right at David Ortiz and is targeting that guy specifically.

Crazy to picture who thinks it's a good move to try to shoot David Ortiz, but I imagine the wrath of a hundred Gods is about to come down on them and their whole organization.
 

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That makes sense. Thanks.

Video is brutal. Surprised Ortiz doesn't have bodyguards in the DR but maybe he did and they stepped away for a second. Everyone I know that has a patch of land and a house worth anything is carrying a firearm. It's the wild wild west down there. Please pull through.
 

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That makes sense. Thanks.

Video is brutal. Surprised Ortiz doesn't have bodyguards in the DR but maybe he did and they stepped away for a second. Everyone I know that has a patch of land and a house worth anything is carrying a firearm. It's the wild wild west down there. Please pull through.
Not much anyone can do if a gunman has the element of surprise.
 

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Is it possible the Sox have some team medical resources down in Fort Meyers/Fenway South that could get to the DR faster, if necessary?
 

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When I met David as a kid, he was holding his newborn son. There are few public peoples who's tragedies reach me on a personal level. Fight, 34.
 

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I live near David, and have the chance to see him at the gas station or Dunkin. Always nice. Even his entourage are good dudes.
 

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That makes sense. Thanks.

Video is brutal. Surprised Ortiz doesn't have bodyguards in the DR but maybe he did and they stepped away for a second. Everyone I know that has a patch of land and a house worth anything is carrying a firearm. It's the wild wild west down there. Please pull through.
Don’t know how these guys do it. I know it’s home but it seems like there’s a serious incident where a ballplayer or his family is targeted every year or three.
 
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On the video the shooter appears to have an unobstructed path to Papi. Seems incredibly lucky that Ortiz was not killed on the spot.

ESPN reporting the surgeon says he’s “out of the danger zone”
 

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On the video the shooter appears to have an unobstructed path to Papi. Seems incredibly lucky that Ortiz was not killed on the spot.

ESPN reporting the surgeon says he’s “out of the danger zone”

 

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On the video the shooter appears to have an unobstructed path to Papi. Seems incredibly lucky that Ortiz was not killed on the spot.

ESPN reporting the surgeon says he’s “out of the danger zone”
I’m still shaking from the video. He could have almost put the gun to Papi’s head.
 

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I’m still shaking from the video. He could have almost put the gun to Papi’s head.
If it was a hit, why didn't he?

Clearly doesn't seem like a robbery, given how directly he went toward him.
 

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This guy apparently drove Ortiz to the hospital. Says he has his jewelry and then goes off on everybody, including security, doing nothing to help him. Says he crashed his truck but doesn't matter cause Ortiz is a hero.

 

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This guy apparently drove Ortiz to the hospital. Says he has his jewelry and then goes off on everybody, including security, doing nothing to help him. Says he crashed his truck but doesn't matter cause Ortiz is a hero.

Ortiz will buy him a new truck.

Hell, start a gofundme and I'll donate.
 

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so with all the security, high priced club, his entourage, and friends - he had to take a ride with a random dude in a truck to get to the hospital?
 

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so with all the security, high priced club, his entourage, and friends - he had to take a ride with a random dude in a truck to get to the hospital?
That random dude deserves a medal and should be throwing out every first pitch at Fenway for the rest of time.
 

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This guy apparently drove Ortiz to the hospital. Says he has his jewelry and then goes off on everybody, including security, doing nothing to help him. Says he crashed his truck but doesn't matter cause Ortiz is a hero.

This guy is a fucking hero, but if I was him, I’d flee the country as fast as I could.