David Ortiz, a Man for All Seasons, A Man for All Moments

I'm not uncomfortable in calling David Ortiz, Diva Ortiz, but that is only because most people are not familiar with the male equivalent "divo," a designation reserved in contemporary Italian to denote much-admired celebrities, especially film actresses and actors, and can be translated as "(film) star".

I also comfortably admit that I am not a fan of Divo Ortiz' preening at the plate after hitting a long ball, elongated home run trot around the bases, or his exaggerated arrival at the plate which I refer to his "Purple Haze" moment referring to the Jimi Hendrix lyrics, "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky."

Having said that, you can't be a diva or a divo without the goods to back up the ego. And there is no question, that Ortiz has the talent and delivers it regularly and consistently to the delight of his team and to Red Sox Nation, both in the regular season and in the postseason.

Ortiz consistently delivers

Take a look at Big Papi's 2013 numbers and appreciate the divo:

2013 David Ortiz - A Man for all Moments

	G	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	SLUG	OBP	OPS
1. Reg Season	137	600	518	160	30	103	76	88	.309	.564	.395	.959
2. Reg Season vs Righties	126	384	322	109	23	67	60	54	.339	.652	.440	1.092
3. Reg Season vs Lefties	97	216	196	51	7	36	16	34	.260	.418	.315	.733
4. Reg Season Men On	132	328	264	87	15	88	58	49	.330	.568	.445	1.013
5. Reg Season RISP	104	192	146	46	8	72	41	39	.315	.555	.453	1.008
6. Reg Season RISP less than 2 outs	79	115	90	32	6	52	20	29	.356	.633	.452	1.086
7. Reg Season RISP w/2 outs	59	77	56	14	2	20	21	10	.250	.429	.455	.883
8. Reg Season 0-0 count	137	68	67	20	6	20	0	0	.299	.672	.294	.966
9. Reg Season 0-0 count men on	132	37	36	13	4	18	0	0	.361	.778	.351	1.129
10. Reg Season 0-0 count RISP	100	18	17	10	3	16	0	0	.588	1.294	.556	1.850
11. Postseason	6	26	20	6	3	7	6	6	.300	.800	.462	1.262
12. Postseason Men On	6	14	12	3	1	5	2	6	.250	.583	.357	.940
13. Postseason RISP	6	11	9	2	1	5	2	5	.222	.556	.364	.919
14. Postseason Bases Loaded	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	4.000	1.000	5.000

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He's no Johnny-Come-Lately

Ortiz has appeared in all 63 of Boston’s postseason games since 2003 and is the club’s all-time leader in postseason runs (44), hits (67), doubles (16), home runs (15), RBI (50), walks (47), and XBH (33).