RED SOX HALL LEGEND DAVID ORTIZ WAS IN THE GRANITE STATE TONIGHT. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY INVITED HIM TO THE BROOK TO MEET WITH A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISTS. THE TEENAGERS GOT THE CHANCE TO INTERVIEW ORTIZ ABOUT HIS HALL OF FAME CAREER WITH THE RED SOX. <“SO IN 2013, YOU HAD YOUR FAMOUS SPEECH, AFTER THE MARATHON BOMBING. WHEN YOU MADE THAT SPEECH, LIKE, DID YOU HAVE A SCRIPT? LIKE, WHAT WERE YOU GOING OFF OF? DAVID: NO, I WAS JUST. ANOTHER CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, THAT FEEL FOR HIS PEOPLE”> AFTER THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE S
New Hampshire high school journalists interview Red Sox legend David Ortiz
Updated: 12:04 AM EST Jan 23, 2026
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame legend David Ortiz visited New Hampshire on Thursday. The New Hampshire Lottery invited him to The Brook to meet with a group of high school journalists. Students had the chance to interview Ortiz about his Hall of Fame career and his time with the Red Sox. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go <<“So in 2013, you had your famous speech after the marathon bombing. When you made that speech, like, did you have a script? Like, what were you going off of?” one student asked. “No, I was just another citizen, you know, that feel for his people,” Ortiz said. After the student interviews, Ortiz also answered questions during a public Q&A session.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame legend David Ortiz visited New Hampshire on Thursday.
The New Hampshire Lottery invited him to The Brook to meet with a group of high school journalists.
Students had the chance to interview Ortiz about his Hall of Fame career and his time with the Red Sox.
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go <<
“So in 2013, you had your famous speech after the marathon bombing. When you made that speech, like, did you have a script? Like, what were you going off of?” one student asked.
“No, I was just another citizen, you know, that feel for his people,” Ortiz said.
After the student interviews, Ortiz also answered questions during a public Q&A session.