Big Papi

This is the autobiography of David Ortiz written with Tony Massarotti. Kind of ironic that I read this before the 2010 season in which Ortiz could be potentially let go or relegated to a full time bench player.

Anyways the book itself is kind of bland and boring. It doesn't really reveal too much about his early life in the Dominican which is where I think most of our knowledge of Ortiz is the thinnest. He does shed some insight into his experiences in the minors and what lead to his release with the twins. Ultimately though you don't gain much new knowledge of him.

The biggest complaint I had though is the book is written as Ortiz speaks English which is to say not great. There are several bro's and you know's thrown in that make this very difficult to read and take serious.

Don't be in a rush to go read this book unless you are (still?) a big Ortiz fan.

Labels: Books

- posted by Doug @ 9:06:00 AM