Posts tagged the onion

On bad days, Ortiz sits in the dugout, admitting he now views not only the baseball world but also the entire fame game with a harder, more skeptical eye. For one thing, there’s a gnawing disappointment because rapper Jay-Z is suing him over copyright infringement. (Ortiz has a nightclub in the Dominican Republic with the same name — 40/40 — as Jay-Z’s in New York, a misunderstanding Ortiz says could have been handled “with a phone call.”) For another, the satirical website The Onion is piling on. (“Personnel close to the Red Sox front office noted yesterday that Ortiz is being paid one-twelfth of the team’s total payroll, adding that they were just saying, is all,” according to an article under the headline “David Ortiz Getting Paid $13 Million, By The Way.”)

Chronicle of David Ortiz’s first month and a half shows a player struggling with baseball mortality - ESPN Boston

Aww, did Jay-Z and The Onion huwt Big Papi’s ickle feewings? I’m sure there’s some type of performance-enhancing injection out there he could use that’ll thicken his skin right up.