The president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador took his time to praise the Dominican baseball player David Ortiz after his recent induction into the Hall of Fame of Cooperstown.
Through the social network Twitter, the Mexican president congratulated the player for the achievement and classified him as a “horse” when referring to his career as a baseball player.
Congratulations to David Ortiz “Big Papi”, who was chosen to be part of the Major League Hall of Fame of the baseball. The photo is from the All-Star Game in San Diego in 2016. That year he retired batting 315 percentage; a real horse. pic.twitter.com/EpPod0Owbb
– Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) January 05, 2022
“Congratulations to David Ortiz, “Big Papi”, who was chosen to be part of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. . The photo is from the All-Star Game in San Diego in 2016. That year he retired batting 315 percentage; a real horse”, wrote López Obrador on Twitter.
The message was accompanied by a photograph in which the president appears with his youngest son at the side of David Ortiz . The Mexicans wearing Boston Red Sox caps, a team with which the Dominican made history.
Ortiz was elected this Tuesday in his first opportunity for the hall of fame, with a 77.9% of the votes in his favor from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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