{"id":130894,"date":"2019-09-11T12:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=130894"},"modified":"2019-09-11T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:18:36","slug":"david-ortiz-cheered-at-fenway-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/09\/11\/david-ortiz-cheered-at-fenway-park\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ortiz cheered at Fenway Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/David-Ortiz-UPI-Video.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130910\"\/><figcaption>Photo: UPI Video<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz made a surprise appearance on Monday, 9 September 2019, in the evening at Fenway Park. He threw the ceremonial first pitch before the team&#8217;s series finale against the New York Yankees to a standing ovation. His former Red Sox catcher, Jason Varitek, received the pitch.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the pitch, Ortiz addressed the Fenway crowd: <br> &#8220;I want to thank God for giving me a second opportunity in my life to be here with all of you,&#8221; Ortiz said. &#8220;I want to thank the Red Sox, my real family. They always have been there for me, supporting me. \u2026 They were the first ones there supporting me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 43-year old retired baseball player is recovering from being shot in the back by a gunman at an eastern Santo Domingo night club on 9 June. Ortiz spent seven weeks in a hospital and has undergone three surgeries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortiz, also known as &#8220;Big Papi,&#8221; was a 10-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion with the Red Sox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/david-ortiz-lanza-primera-bola-en-juego-entre-boston-y-yanquis\/\">El Dia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Sports_News\/MLB\/2019\/09\/09\/Boston-Red-Sox-great-David-Ortiz-throws-out-first-pitch-at-Fenway-Park\/3341568080117\/\">UPI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 September 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz made a surprise appearance on Monday, 9 September 2019, in the evening at Fenway Park. He threw the ceremonial first pitch before the team&#8217;s series finale against the New York Yankees to a standing ovation. His former Red Sox catcher, Jason Varitek, received the pitch. Following the pitch, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/09\/11\/david-ortiz-cheered-at-fenway-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130912,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130894\/revisions\/130912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}