More Powerful Than a Locomotive

Wanna Be Your Superhero, Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah
David Brings His Entourage to Home Plate Again
Papi for MVS ... Most Valuable Superhero

"This simply does not happen in baseball. Ortiz has turned major league baseball into Wiffle ball games you'd play with makeshift rules regarding rooftops, clotheslines, and summer winds. Big Papi is an action superhero come to life. He is a cartoon figure who jumps off the screen and gets it done in real life in real time. He is the mythical Joe Hardy with no apparent time limit on his powers." -- 8.1.06, Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe

SOX STAND PAPI

Big Dealin' at Fenway

Don't Worry, Big Papi: Sox 9, Indians 8
Ho Hum, Another Walkoff in the House of David
Snyder Remarkable: Kyle Fires Up Sox with Outstanding Performance
It's All Wells and Bad for Mr. Won't Go to Pawtucket
Kneed This Like a Hole in the Head: 'Tek Twists Knee
Wily Mo Might Be the Best Mid-Season Pickup for Sox
Is Manny Giving David a Run for AL MVP?

"I've never pitched in a game that's made me feel this way. All I was trying to do was give us an opportunity to come back and win this game at the tail end and I'll be darned if David Ortiz didn't step up to the plate and do it again." -- 7.31.06, Kyle Snyder came though in the clutch

"The guy had to make a pitch at the time or get the bases loaded and having a hitter like Manny coming up. I just go out there with the same approach that I always go. See a pitch and hit it." -- 7.31.06, Mr. Big

Wilbur: The Long and Short of It
Rosenthal: Sox Are Big Losers at Trade Deadline
Mnookin: Theo, Larry, and the Non-Trades of 2006