Top Boston sports nicknames
Big Papi
David Ortiz
The rumor is that when David Ortiz joined the Red Sox for the first time in 2003 he called everyone "Papi," since he didn't know anyone's name. In return, everyone else would call him "The Big Papi." This was eventually turned into "Big Papi" and has stuck with Ortiz ever since.
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