The book(s) on David Ortiz

October 26, 2016

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz waves from the field at Fenway Park after Game 3 of baseball's American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians in Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)It almost seemed like David Ortiz had to retire this year, regardless of the impressive numbers — 38 home runs, a .315 batting average, and leading the league in five  categories, including RBIs (127), doubles (48), slugging (.620), OPS (1.021), and intentional walks (15) — at the age of 40 in his 20th and final season.

Ortiz published Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits in 2007; a quickly revised edition came out after the Red Sox’s World Series victory that year. And, sure enough, there’s a new memoir, co-written with Michael Holley — Papi: My Story — scheduled for release next May via Houghton Mifflin .

Sports Illustrated and the Boston Globe have already jumped on the bandwagon with quickie “commemoratives” (Sports Illustrated David Ortiz Special Retirement Issue: The Ultimate Walk-off: Big Papi Says Goodbye and Big Papi: The Legend and Legacy of David Ortiz, respectively). Then there’s Big Papi: David Ortiz, Thanks for the Memories, which actually came out before he played his last game. That one made it to The New York Times best-seller list; wouldn’t it have been awkward if he changed his mind?

WBUR, Boston’s Public Radio presence, posted this story on their website earlier this month after the Sox were swept in the ALDS by the Cleveland Indians.

Vaya con dios, David.

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