Big Papi’s Life Featured In Four Podcast Episodes

A new documentary podcast series, David Ortiz: The Big Papi Story, will premiere on Patriots’ Day, Monday, April 16. The series is the most comprehensive chronicle to date of the life of Red Sox icon and three-time World Series champion Ortiz. Fans can subscribe to the series and listen to the trailer now on Apple Podcasts. The full series, which consists of four singular episodes, will be available across multiple platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, iHeart, Stitcher, TuneIn and more.

In addition to Ortiz’s successful playing career, the series will examine pivotal moments in his life off the field, from his difficult assimilation into American culture, to the sudden and tragic loss of his mother, to the raw emotion he shared with Hub fans following the tragic Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

“Let’s just set the record straight. Papi is the greatest clutch player in MLB postseason history. But this is a person who means so much more to the city of Boston and the Dominican Republic,” said Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer of Cadence13. “In this project, we were able to capture and showcase not only the Mount Rushmore-level Red Sox status of this once-in-a-generation player, but also his journey, what he meant to his hometown and the city of Boston, the tragedy of the marathon, and how Papi become everybody’s hero throughout it all. We are incredibly proud to have been able to produce this project at C13, and to be able to work so closely with David and TPT so that it came out the way it did.”

Among the names interviewed for David Ortiz: The Big Papi Story include:
– ESPN senior writer and author Howard Bryant
– Comedian Bill Burr
– Former Red Sox teammate, two-time All-Star, and two-time World Series Champion Johnny Damon
– Pulitzer Prize-winning author and MIT professor Junot Diaz
– Hall of Fame baseball writer and MLB Network insider Peter Gammons
– Leo Ortiz, David Ortiz’s father
Tiffany Ortiz, David Ortiz’s wife
– Former Red Sox teammate, World Series champion and eight-time All-Star pitcher Pedro Martínez
– Former Red Sox teammate, World Series champion, and current MLB Network analyst Kevin Millar.