Ortiz retiring, will the Orioles "honor" him?

[gmelson26]

I like giving him the bronzed phone he broken.

[Camden_yardbird]

In all seriousness, perhaps no player has more plaques on eutaw street. I would give him a big plaque with copies of the baseball's he hit out there.

[Number5]

Best to simply ignore him.

[harp6]

In all seriousness, perhaps no player has more plaques on eutaw street. I would give him a big plaque with copies of the baseball's he hit out there.

Ortiz only has two. Giambi has more and there are many others hitters that have two. Of course there are Oriole hitters that more because they played half their games at Camden Yard.

[TheDirtyBird]

He guy is a hot head, cheater, who played DH, not the field. Screw him. Just play the video of him smashing up our phone on the Jumbotron and leave it at that. What a jerk.

It was cool to see Jeter say goodbye, although I have my thoughts on Jeter haha, but Ortiz can can suck it

[crawjo]

I've always liked him and have never understood the animosity. So he destroyed a phone. Who cares? He's a great player and deserves to be recognized in the same way that Jeter and Rivera were.

[Miller Time]

I've always liked him and have never understood the animosity. So he destroyed a phone. Who cares? He's a great player and deserves to be recognized in the same way that Jeter and Rivera were.

You serious Clark?

[Moose Milligan]

I've always liked him and have never understood the animosity. So he destroyed a phone. Who cares? He's a great player and deserves to be recognized in the same way that Jeter and Rivera were.

He's a giant douchebag.

I'd like a nice Gausman fastball right between the numbers. Or right on the knee so he thinks about it every time he has to haul his fat ass around the bases.

Say what you want about River and Jeter, they were great players who were class acts, too. Just happened to play for the wrong team. Not only does Ortiz play for the wrong team, he's a crybaby *****.

I guarantee if he doesn't get the "send off" treatment that Jeter, Rivera, Ripken and other greats received, he will ***** about it. He will whine.

[Dipper9]

What did the Orioles give J.D. Drew when he retired? I forget. Because his and Ortiz' career values were about the same.

I absolutely despise Papi, right behind Batista, but let's not undermine what Ortiz has done since arriving with the Red Sox. The dude is a great DH.

Back to the thread topic...I'd give him the broken dugout phone, and I would do it at home plate in a "ceremony" so that we could embarrass the hell out of him.

[Ruzious]

I've always liked him and have never understood the animosity. So he destroyed a phone. Who cares? He's a great player and deserves to be recognized in the same way that Jeter and Rivera were.

Even last year in O's games, there were mulitiple absurd cases of him staring down umpires as if he was trying to intimidate them. It's like he thinks he's in the WWE and going "Do you know who I am?" Yes, we do, and that's why we won't honor you. Agreed 100% with what Dipper said.

[oriolesacox]

Some great suggestions.. I think realistically they should just give the opportunity to applaud if you deem fit and move on from there. Knowing the Orioles faithful like I think I do, there wouldn't be much applause anyway.

[Moose Milligan]

I absolutely despise Papi, right behind Batista, but let's not undermine what Ortiz has done since arriving with the Red Sox. The dude is a great DH.

Back to the thread topic...I'd give him the broken dugout phone, and I would do it at home plate in a "ceremony" so that we could embarrass the hell out of him.

Yeah, I can't agree with that statement either. He's a great DH, he's had a great career. I know the stats say he's as valuable as JD Drew but....whatever. I think if you were to ask JD Drew if he could have retired with a similar stat line to Ortiz, he'd probably say yes.

[DrungoHazewood]

By fWAR Ortiz is the 323rd best major league player of all time. Do we really need to set the precedence that a player of that quality gets a year-long fawning adoration tour? Does Bartolo Colon get one? He's been as valuable, even on a per-pound basis. How about Mark Buehrle, or Javier Vazquez? I don't remember the Jim Edmonds farewell roadshow, did I just miss that? I'm guessing that Ichiro, Fred McGriff, Robin Ventura, and Bobby Abreu didn't get so much as a $10 voucher to the National Aquarium gift shop when they pass(ed) through Baltimore one last time.

[Herman]

They should give Ortiz a leather back copy of the Mitchell Report. He is one of my least favorite players of all time and Boston sports fans deserve a turd like him

[DrungoHazewood]

Yeah, I can't agree with that statement either. He's a great DH, he's had a great career. I know the stats say he's as valuable as JD Drew but....whatever. I think if you were to ask JD Drew if he could have retired with a similar stat line to Ortiz, he'd probably say yes.

I understand that WAR understates his contributions on a gut-feeling level because he's been in a ton of postseason series where he played well, and he's been in a bunch of championship parades that he helped make possible. But he's still a guy who's played fewer innings in the field in his entire 19-year career than Ryan Flaherty. He really is 20 wins worse than Edgar Martinez who can't get any traction in the HOF voting.