Ortiz on Manny

This news has shocked me, because I remember when Manny was here, the trainer would give him Tylenol because he was sore or something and he would throw it in the garbage. He wouldn't take it. This news here, he needs to speak out and let people know what's up, so people understand. It's hard, man. You can't even reach out to Manny when Manny was here. You think I'm kidding, but I'm serious. Who knows? Manny's on his own always. There have been times when we were here playing together. I've been like, OK, let's meet at the lobby by noon so we can go and have lunch and go to the field. OK. Next thing you know you would be calling to his phone and calling to his room and you wouldn't reach him. And you just talked to him like an hour ago. That was him." --David Ortiz 5/12/09

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