The Red Sox sent David Ortiz off before his final regular-season game with a promise that he will return. This week, in the playoffs, when he goes for his fourth World Series title. During a pregame ceremony Sunday attended by Red Sox greats like Carl Yastrzemski and teammates from Ortiz's three championship teams, the ballclub honored their soon-to-retire slugger by draping a Dominican flag over the Green Monster and bringing out his father - Big Papi's real Papi - to stand next to him in the middle of the diamond.
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