I agree with the roids assessment!

what an assenine post! how can you even compare Bonds to Ortiz...in Pittsburgh Bonds was a skinny little guy who would steal 30+ bases every year. Ortiz was always a big dude, even in Minnesotta. you're just showing your ignorance and bias when you bring up steroids.

and why did "the sox walk away scot free in the mitchell report"? is there some big conspiracy going on to protect the sox and blame the steroids era on the yanks? give me a break! and no, I am not a sox fan...just a baseball fan who's tired of every player who's performance drops a bit being touted as a roids user.

Man, you are one ignorant individual, you know that?  First, Big Papi didn't get the playing time in Minnesota that he's gotten there in Boston...second, the lineup that he's been playin in with Boston is much better than the one he was playing for at the time with the Twins...steroids?  Dude, David Ortiz has knee issues because of an injury he sustained running/playing the field and from past surgery, NOT from steriods.  I suggest you get a clue and learn a thing or two instead of just making assumptions and saying that everyone is on "the juice", because not all ball players are/were...I'm in no way a Boston fan, but I do know a few things about the game.

No way Papi is on the juice.  He just doesn't have that look...he's big but not super ripped like a Giambi type.  He's always been a big guy, and in fact, looks skinnier to me than he was a few years ago.

And as far as one-dimentional goes...who cares?  He's a slugger, he's there to bash the ball out of the park as many times as possible.  I guess Mariano Rivera is a one dimentional player because all he does is save games?  I don't get that point at all.

But hey, we do agree on something...MANNY RULES.

I really don't think he's that much bigger, but I guess I'd have to review some old pictures when he was with MN.  I know he hasn't grown significantly since he's been in Boston.  The funny thing about him is...and this will bring a lot of laughs I'm sure...he's really not that fat.  He's one of those guys who look a lot bigger than he is. 

But, he's just too soft looking to be a juicer, I think.  I wonder more about the guys that are just super-ripped.  If I ever wondered about any Red Sox player using the juice, it would be Gabe Kapler.  I know he was supposed to be this super clean work out freak, but the guy had .001% body fat.  It's guys like that I wonder more about than guys like Papi.