A paper cut-out of himself clung to a column in front of David Ortiz's locker, towering over his small corner of the Red Sox clubhouse the way Ortiz once lorded over the postseason. Below the cut-out hung an advertisement for a poster company. It read, "Put Up Or Shut Up." (Full article: 725 words)

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