The jury is very much out on David Ortiz in the local dailies.
From Nick Cafardo’s piece in today’s Boston Globe:
Steady progress has David Ortiz feeling upbeat
FORT MYERS, Fla. — David Ortiz feels more optimistic that he’ll be in the Opening Day lineup after running the bases Monday and feeling as if he can manage the expected soreness in his Achilles’.
“It feels good,” Ortiz said. “When I get going I’m fine. The problem is once I cool off, I start to get sore, but the doctor said it will go away. It’s just part of the treatment, part of [when you] start doing things. The injury, you got to start getting used to. That’s why we practice over and over and over and over. So you can get to that point . . . it’s a good day. I was moving pretty good. I don’t think I can run faster than that. Let’s just see how things go later on tonight.”
Not so fast there, Big Guy.
From Gerry Callahan’s column in today’s Boston Herald:
Aging David Ortiz may be Sox’ Achilles’ heel
Much depends on Papi’s health
If he were playing Old Man Basketball at the Y, we’d take him across the street for a couple of beers and let him down easy. It’s not the end of the world, we’d tell him. You can still play golf. You can still walk the dog. You’re still reasonably young and healthy, and you’ve got your whole life ahead of you.
You just can’t do this anymore.
For a tiebreaker we turn to this random thought from the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy:
The David Ortiz Achilles’ situation is especially alarming given that he sustained the injury rounding second base in front of a home run hit by Adrian Gonzalez. That’s like Tony Soprano straining his Achilles’ walking down the driveway to pick up the morning newspaper.
Ouch.
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