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David Ortiz’s Charity Golf Event Draws Baseball’s Biggest Names

By admin on Tuesday, 9th December 2008 David Ortiz’s Charity Golf Event Draws Baseball’s Biggest Names thumbnail

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – David Ortiz remembers the day as if it were yesterday, when a Dominican reporter and close friend took the Red Sox slugger to a Santo Domingo hospital.

There, watching scores of young children who were in desperate need of heart surgery, but who did not have the means nor the money for proper medical care, the player known as Big Papi soon had a fountain of tears dripping down his cheeks.

Full Article:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2008/12/06/2008-12-06_david_ortizs_charity_golf_event_draws_ba.html

Tags: Dominican Republic