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- Updated: October 9, 2016
BOSTON — The Red Sox aren’t just trying to extend their season in Sunday’s Game 3 of the American League Division Series (4 p.m. ET, TBS). They will also be galvanized in an effort to extend the career of one of the best players in franchise history.
Considering that David Ortiz’s legend has been built around big moments in October, a sweep in the first round of the postseason would be about the most unfitting sendoff imaginable.
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“We obviously want to win a ring to send him off,” said Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts. “That’s just another motive for us to get back and get going [Sunday].”
Unlike in the immediate aftermath of the 6-0 loss in Game 2, when Ortiz was clearly in an ornery mood, Big Papi had regained his outsized personality by Saturday’s workout.
During batting practice, he rocketed home runs to right field with swings that looked effortless. As the music played through the ballpark’s sound system, Ortiz danced just outside the cage and lipped words to the songs, smiling the whole way.
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