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From Somewhere: David Ortiz (Video)

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Sep 23, 2015

Before he became a member of the 500-home run club, a nine-time All-Star and a three-time World Series champion, David Ortiz was just a kid from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This is his story.

Photo by Clay Patrick McBride/The Players’ Tribune

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