David Ortiz needs to be on television now that his baseball career has come to an end. Between the fact that he possesses a wonderful mind for the game and the fact that his personality is infectious, we need Big Papi on television as frequently as possible.
This is a good start. Ortiz appeared in a television spot for the film Life, which comes out next week. The film’s usual ad features Ariyon Bakare doing something to a sample of what is believed to be extraterrestrial life while a crew on the International Space Station surrounds him. In this spot, Bakare is learning about life after baseball by “studying” Ortiz, who is chilling out on a recliner and munching on cheese doodles like he’s Stephen A. Smith.
Among other things, Papi takes a nap, screams at Ryan Reynolds that he is “Big Papi,” and swings a baseball bat that hits Bakare’s finger. The ad says that this proves there is life after baseball, which was never really in doubt, but it’s wonderful that Ortiz is still in our lives doing silly Big Papi things.
Just a piece of advice: do not hit people in the finger with a baseball bat, David Ortiz. That seems kinda rude, especially because it looks like the fine folks on the ISS hooked you up with a recliner and some cheese doodles, which was awfully nice of them.
