Tim Wakefield, Jonathan Papelbon, and Jon Lester were among those who threw live BP, Ortiz losing the grip on his bat after one particularly nasty Lester breaking ball. ''Did you see me put my bat down?" he said. ''He threw good. But his velocity was not the same out of the stretch. He'll learn." . . .
Ortiz is a very bright guy and people listen to him. A coach some day?