In last week's Ladder Challenge it was Tedy Bruschi easily defeating Joe Cronin with 80% of the vote to move up to #49. This week a pair of 2-time World Champions collide as Dennis Johnson (#41) attempts to hold off the challenge of David Ortiz (#42). As much as I love DJ, Big Papi is simply more responsible for the 2 titles he was a part of in Boston, and as a result he has earned my vote this week. So who has your support in this week's Ladder Challenge? (and remember, most votes in the comment section is the tie-breaker, so be sure to voice your opinion!)
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DENNIS JOHNSON
Currently Ranked: 41
Challenge Record: 1-0-0
Beat: Ed Macauley
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Nobody
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*"DJ" played for the C's for 7 seasons (1984-90).
*Helped Celtics win 2 NBA Championships (1984, 1986).
*1985 All Star selection.
*1987 1st Team All-Defense.
*3-time 2nd team All-Defense.
*Among Celtics all-time leaders in steals, assists and free-throw percentage.
*Celtics averages: 12.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists (5th in team history).
*Half of one of the greatest plays in team history when Bird stole the ball and passed to DJ for the layup.
*His #3 is retired by the Celtics.
DAVID ORTIZ
Currently Ranked: 42
Challenge Record: 0-1-1
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Tris Speaker
Tied: Jim Rice
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*"Big Papi" has played for Red Sox for 6 seasons (2003-Present).
*Helped Sox win 2 World Series (2004, 2007).
*Runner-up for A.L. MVP in 2005 (.300 BA, 119 R, 180 H, 40 D, 47 HR, 148 RBI, .397 OBP, .604 SLG, 1.001 OPS)
*5x All Star (2004-08).
*2004 ALCS MVP.
*2005 Hank Aaron Award winner.
*Top 5 in MVP voting 5 straight years (2003-07).
*In Red Sox all-time top 10 with: .398 OBP, .598 SLG, .996 OPS, 231 HR.
*Hit .313 with 8 RBI in 8 World Series games for Red Sox.
*Hit .296 with 12 HR and 43 RBI in 63 career post-season games.
*Has 19 career game-winning or walk-off hits including 3 in the post-season.
*Single season franchise record for Home Runs (54, 2006).
*Led league in: OBP (2007), Total Bases (2006), Home Runs (2006), RBI (2005, 2006), Bases on Balls (2006, 2007).
Tough to go against Papi here. As I said, I love DJ but I'm' honestly a bit surprised he's as high as he is now. Ortiz deserves to be much higher than this. Without even getting into a specific comparison, that summarizes my voting.
Also, Papi was the face of the World Champion Sox...DJ was not.
As much as I love DJ I gotta go with Ortiz here. He was the *star* or face of his team at one time.
papi 100%!
he should be top 25 if you ask me
Ortiz won with 73% of the vote.
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