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Holy Curse Of The Bambino! In
a shocking interview on
MLB Executive Access, former Red Sox GM
Theo Epstein revealed that the agent for
David Ortiz asked for a trade in the early part of the 2003 season. With
Kevin Millar and
Bill Mueller already capably manning the two corner infield spots, Boston was faced with a choice of Ortiz or
Shea Hillenbrand at DH. Through the first two months, the
eventual Big Papi had limited at-bats and just two HRs. Faced with the continuation of this situation, Ortiz asked to be traded. Luckily, Epstein chose Ortiz over Hillenbrand (although Shea was coming off a huge 2002 campaign). Boston sent Hillenbrand west to Arizona and got RP
Byung-Hyun Kim. The Ortiz guy stayed. You know the rest.
