ICYMI: Julian Edelman Pays Respect To David Ortiz Over Social Media

Robert Alvarez

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In another example of what makes Boston a special, unified sports city, New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman paid respect over social media to one of the greatest players to wear a Red Sox uniform on David Ortiz’ number retirement night this past Friday.

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@davidortiz capping off a legendary career with a piece of real estate on yawkey way #bostonlegend #davidortizdrive #clutch #bigpapi

A post shared by Julian Edelman (@edelman11) on Jun 23, 2017 at 12:54pm PDT

Ortiz, like the rest of Patriots Nation, went wild during the teams epic comeback in Super Bowl LI back in February.

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Omg lm going to celebrate for about a week… The dynasty is backkkkkk

A post shared by David Ortiz (@davidortiz) on Feb 5, 2017 at 7:26pm PST