Papi Was A No-Brainer

For years Yankee fans were tormented by those of the Sox for all the pinstriped players using PEDs. But no longer must we just look back at them blank-slated, for now we have a comeback. His name: David Ortiz.

When the Minnesota Twins released Ortiz after the 2002 season, they did so knowing that they were giving up an average player. However, he was no where near the level that he was at when he arrived in Boston. "Big Papi" hit 58 homers combined with the Twins over 6 seasons. That's only 4 more home runs than he hit in the 2006 season alone. Ortiz never drove in more than 75 runs in the Twin Cities, but has accomplished that feat in every single season in Boston and had driven in more than 100 runs in everyone until last year when he "only" knocked in 89. His SLG%, which always hovered below .500, rose up to the mid .600s on the BoSox.

It really was no secret that something happened when he changed cities and it definitely wasn't the stadium. Before joining the Red Sox, Papi was a terrible 1-for-23 at Fenway with only 2 RBIs and no home runs since 2001.

At this point, it was pretty apparent that Ortiz was probably taking PEDs, but the way he talked about them, he made some people think otherwise. David was one the biggest voices against steroids in baseball that you would've never thought he would have been taking them himself. However, that has now turned him into one of the largest hypocrites to ever play baseball (unless Wade Boggs turns up on a list as well).

The only thing that remains is for Papi to admit it, something he has yet to do. And if he doesn't, that'll mean just another thing that A-Rod has surpassed him in.