Big Papi Goin' Off

David Ortiz won the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby last night, belting 32 home runs in three rounds. He beat former mentee Hanley Ramirez 11-5 in the final round. Big Papi is the first Red Sox player to win the Derby.

"I've been dealing with so many things the past few years. And coming back here and being cheered by the players around the league, that really gives me a lot of excitement."

Ortiz is hoping that his performance will prove to people, especially Sox Nation, that he's back to his true form. I'm just hoping he didn't waste all his power in that laser show. But knowing Papi, he was probably just running on pure adrenaline and support from the fans.

Big Papi's Top 5 Movies

Sean "The Mayor" Casey interviews David Ortiz on his top 5 all-time movies. Gotta love how Ortiz still can't say the word "analyze," but that's alright. 2 points for a Rambo movie in the top 5, Papi,

Laser Show. Relax.

Remember Pedroia's quote from about 3 weeks ago talking about the slump that David Ortiz was in?

"He's had 60 at-bats, I mean a couple years ago I had 60 at-bats and I was hitting .170, what happened? Laser show. Relax"

With 53 at-bats in the month of May, Ortiz is hitting .358 with a slugging percentage of .774. Papi's had 7 home runs with 17 RBI since the month got underway. Sox open up a 3-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies tonight in Citizens Bank Park. They're riding a 3-game winning streak including the 2-game sweep of the Twins, thanks to the complete game gem tossed by Jon Lester.

Go Sox.