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David Ortiz Given Broken Dugout Phone As Retirement Gift From Orioles

Bonisiwe Shabane
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david ortiz given broken dugout phone as retirement gift from orioles

Remember when David Ortiz lost his cool in the Red Sox dugout during a game against the Orioles, which led to a confrontation with Dustin Pedroia, a splintered bat and a smashed dugout phone? Well, Big Papi received one of those keepsakes Thursday night in a pregame ceremony at Camden Yards before his final regular-season game against the Orioles. Our gift to David Ortiz, the exact authenticated visiting dugout phone he smashed on July 27, 2013. #Birdland pic.twitter.com/QygTYmW13m The Orioles also presented a $10,000 check to The World Pediatric Project in Ortiz’s name to help critically ill children in the Dominican Republic, Ortiz's native country. Red Sox slugger received dugout phone he smashed in 2013

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is having arguably the greatest farewell season in the history of baseball, and throughout the year he’s been showered with gifts from opponents. But on Thursday at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles gave him the greatest going away present ever. Our gift to David Ortiz, the exact authenticated visiting dugout phone he smashed on July 27, 2013. #Birdland pic.twitter.com/QygTYmW13m This is the phone Ortiz destroyed in 2013 after an ejection against the Orioles. He was unhappy with the home plate umpire not granting him time out, and he took out his frustration on the dugout phone.

You won’t see many more creative retirement gifts than that. That’s a keeper, Big Papi. The Baltimore Orioles found the perfect retirement gift for David Ortiz. They gave him the exact bullpen phone that he obliterated on July 27, 2013. The Orioles also noted that they donated $10,000 in Ortiz's name to a charity that helps critically ill children in the Dominican Republic. This gift is similar to the one given to Big Papi by the Twins -- both are funny.

They gave Ortiz a personalized jar of peanut butter in memory of the peanut butter prank his former Twins teammates pulled on him. Ortiz's final season has been full of lots of laughs -- before and during games -- and the pregame retirement ceremonies have been wonderful. [wibbitz id="b02ea283bf9334a2088683e3f1d25df39" autoplay="false"] Three years ago, Ortiz destroyed a phone in the visitor’s dugout at Camden Yards. The Orioles saved the phone and gave it to him as a farewell present. For Orioles fans, the most memorable of the moments of the career of David Ortiz is surely the time he vandalized the visiting dugout at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in the middle of...

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Ortiz received a gift from Boston’s NL East rival, but not just any gift. It was a bullpen phone he broke during an epic tirade in 2013. It’s been deemed authentic and should also be deemed awesome. Our gift to David Ortiz, the exact authenticated visiting dugout phone he smashed on July 27, 2013. #Birdland pic.twitter.com/QygTYmW13m — Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 22, 2016

The tirade in question came back in 2013 when Ortiz disagreed with a strike call during an at-bat at Camden Yards. After striking out, the Red Sox DH walked toward the dugout while continuing to remind the home plate umpire about his bad call. BALTIMORE — If David Ortiz was amused by the Baltimore Orioles gifting him the very dugout phone he shattered with his bat three years ago at Camden Yards, he didn’t show it. Ortiz did not appear to smile during the on-field ceremony to honor Ortiz Thursday night until O’s center fielder Adam Jones ran out of the dugout and presented Ortiz with the broken piece of... The O’s eventually presented him with a $10,000 check to the World Pediatric Project in his name to help critically ill children in the Dominican Republic. Ortiz clearly appreciated that.

The first two gifts, though, seemed odd. "It was aight, man," Ortiz said about the ceremony after the Sox' 5-3 win over the Orioles. "You know, just thank Baltimore for the memories and see you in the playoffs."

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