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| FN's Editor-In-Chief With David Ortiz |
Rarely has there been such a clear-cut choice for
World Series MVP as this year. Red Sox DH/1B
David Ortiz went on an historic hitting mission—with numbers that will dazzle fans for years to come. Big Papi hit a ridiculous .688 in the six games—
.438 points higher than the next best Red Sox hitter. He went 11 for 16 with 8 walks—which works out to an on-base percentage of .760. Ortiz also slugged 1.188 in the Fall Classic—including two HRs and two doubles, while pushing across 6 RBIs. Of course, he would have had
three HRs and
three more RBIs had
Carlos Beltran not made a spectacular catch at the bullpen wall in Game One. He also scored seven runs and struck out just
once—that in the final game. His OPS for the series is a filthy 1.948. Were it not for these other-worldly numbers,
Jon Lester and
Koji Uehara might have gotten
some MVP consideration. But not this year—not when Papi was on a mission.
