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Originally Posted by packs
Ortiz failed a test in 2003. He then later claimed that when he finds out why he failed the test, he'd share the information publicly. But he of course never did that. Timing seems suspicious though, doesn't it? In 2003 Ortiz was more or less nobody. In 2004 he makes his first All Star team. Hmmmm......
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The Twins were trying to turn Ortiz into a singles hitter who didn't strike out, and it didn't help that he fractured his wrist a couple times and then his mom died just as he was starting to break out. When he got to Boston, Pedro and Manny told him to forget about hitting singles and swing for the fences.