BlogCarlson Kids Mr. Big Papi By Brady Carlson October 28, 2013 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp My 2 year old likes to say of Red Sox star David Ortiz, “Mr. Big Papi SMASHES the baseball!” I mean, he’s not wrong. The man is hitting .750 in the World Series. Related Related: Red Sox Planning to Pickle Jason Varitek Fred Thomas Played In The World Series While He Was On Active Duty In The US Navy Babe Ruth Once Pitched A Combined No-Hitter, At Least Technically That Guy Looks Awfully White For Mookie Wilson Satchel Paige Was So Good He Could Still Get Batters Out In His Late 50s TagsbaseballDavid OrtizOwen The latest At Least One Beatle Hoped That The Band Would Get Arrested For Its Rooftop Concert The Beatles needed a big ending to their documentary, and some of them thought a big arrest might be it. Some Kansans Wanted To Turn Their Part Of The State Into West Kansas In the 1990s, a dispute over school funding led to a plan to turn part of the state into a new state. A Football Team Selected John Wayne In The 1971 NFL Draft Back then, the drafts were strictly business, except for the moment when an NFL franchise appeared to draft one of the biggest names in Hollywood. In Lewis Carroll’s Time, A Real Disease Led To “Mad Hatters” The phrase “mad as a hatter” may have originally been a play on words, but the phenomenon was very real. Before She Changed The World Of Flying, Bessie Coleman Was An Award-Winning Manicurist Some people seem to be good at everything they do. Why Is A Pie In The Face Such A Big Part Of Comedy History? It's one of the oldest and longest-running gags in movie history and there are a few big reasons why. - Advertisement - Brady CarlsonBrady Carlson is a writer and radio host from Madison, Wisconsin. more