David Ortiz has big ideas about retirement in new SportsCenter commercial

Big Papi, entrepreneur

David Oritz is brainstorming for retirement. — David Oritz wants to start a company called "Papisicles." –Screenshot/ESPN

By

Henry McKenna

July 16, 2016

David Ortiz is full of entrepreneurial ideas to fill his time during his impending retirement. Whether those ideas are good remains to be seen.

Big Papi, David Price, and Eduardo Rodriguez took part in a comedic “SportsCenter” commercial for ESPN. Ortiz’s performance, where he appears to be brainstorming potential businesses, is pretty hilarious.

Big Papi will be just fine in retirement.https://t.co/un6f11eYHg

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 15, 2016

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