Kevin Millar explained to Fox News Digital in a recent interview just how important David Ortiz was to the team.
"David Ortiz, non-tendered from the Twins, he stepped up and was kinda in an out of the lineup in ’03 and, finally in May, he hit a home run in Anaheim," Millar recalled."And I remember he said he wanted to be traded or play every day because, at that time, Jeremy Giambi was DHing, Shea Hillenbrand, myself were kinda doing a ring around the rosy, and finally he established himself in the story as the designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox in the middle of May.
Ortiz finished his career with 541 home runs. In his final season with Boston in 2016, he was an All-Star and led the league with 48 doubles, a .620 slugging percentage and a 1.021 OPS. He also had 38 home runs that year – the most he had since 2006, when he hit 54. "That’s why Theo Epstein deserves so much credit because was available to everybody. But a non-tendered deal, Theo gave him a chance and he brought myself in, Todd Walker in, Bill Mueller in and Jeremy Giambi in and David Ortiz in. And the next thing you know, we all were kind of just part of a team, and David Ortiz just went to another level," Millar said.
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