{"id":12240,"date":"2013-11-05T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playingfieldpromotions.com\/blog\/?p=12240"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:12:00","slug":"david-ortiz-speaks-with-david-letterman-about-the-red-sox-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/david-ortiz-speaks-with-david-letterman-about-the-red-sox-video","title":{"rendered":"World Series MVP David Ortiz Speaks with David Letterman About the Red Sox (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Series MVP, David Ortiz, affectionately known as &#8216;Big Papi,&#8217; visited the Late Show on Monday night, November 4, to talk with David Lettermen about the Boston Red Sox, the beard phenomenon, the first game after the Marathon bombings and the healing of the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12266\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/david-ortiz-on-the-david-letterman-show.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/david-ortiz-on-the-david-letterman-show.webp\" alt=\"Photo shows World Series winner, David Ortiz &quot;Big Papi&quot;, speaking with David Letterman on the Late Show  about the 2013 World Series win on November 4, 2013\" width=\"480\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo shows World Series MVP, David Ortiz &#8220;Big Papi&#8221;, speaking with David Letterman on the Late Show about the 2013 World Series win November 4, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->Letterman congratulated Ortiz on the World Series win but jokingly said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be better for us if it were the Yankees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Letterman told Ortiz, \u201cYou have become sort of the standard bearer for by God this is our city.\u201d Letterman laughed and asked \u201cwhat exactly did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz told Letterman, \u201cMy first day at Fenway, I saw a lot of faces expecting something special to happen and me being one of those faces, I express myself the way I feel at the time.&#8221; Ortiz went on to repeat his now memorable Fenway quote. 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