Big Papi Makes Me Smile

Is it spring yet?

Off the field, he made the Boston clubhouse fun again. Until he got there in 2003, it was made up mostly of growls, snarls and no-comments. Ortiz came, he laughed, he bellowed at reporters: "Nobody look at my nipples!" One time, he interrupted a press conference in Terry Francona's office before a game with Baltimore by poking his bucket-head in and declaring, "Don't worry. We're going to drink their beer and kick their ass!"