MVP David Ortiz - A One-Man Wrecking Crew

Someone please enlighten the masses and tell them - Why the hell are teams still pitching to David Ortiz? Are they HIGH?!? Bostonist is so *not* complaining but it makes no sense! With a most triumphant display of power Tuesday night, El Gran Papi is approaching an almost God-like mastery of the people pitching to him. The Red Sox faithful might as well start calling him "Ortizus Christ" because, well, his will is law.

Last night, Ortiz's will was for the Sox to smite the Devil Rays by the biblical score of 15 - 2. Before lining a hard-hit one-hopper to first late in last night's game, Papi was 4-4 with two dingers and 2 singles. Go back to his final at-bat last night and we're looking at 5-5 with 3 home-runs. If the Red Sox do indeed make it into the playoffs - knock on wood (because despite the overwhelming display of wrath and might they're still only a half game up on the Bombers), could there possibly be a more valuable player to his team than David Ortiz? If you're a sports journalist, how in Ortizus's name could there be justification in voting for Alex Rodriguez? "He plays defense"? So what!? A close friend of Bostonist, a lifelong Yankee fan, has commented on what "A-Rod" translates into for so many Yankee fans - Yes, he's having a great season, but "I'd so much rather have Soriano. The numbers don't tell the full story. A-Rod is our generation's Dave Winfield. The Yanks win 12-4, A-Rod will have a 4 for 5 day with a couple of bombs. Yanks down by 1 or 2 with the bases juiced and 1 or 2 out... nothing." Bostonist can get behind that. A-Rod's garbage.

We would be remiss not to mention that the meat of the order in last night's game (Ortiz, Manny, Varitek, and Trot) went something like a combined 20 for 21 with around a dozen home runs, 50 stolen bases, and saved an entire St. Petersburgh orphanage from a five-alarm fire on their way back to the hotel. The box score is just being modest so as not to break the hearts of the four Devil Rays fans out there.