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David Ortiz predicts the future, starts walking to first base while ball four is still being thrown

David Ortiz walked to first while ball four was thrown

It was the bottom of the seventh inning of Tuesday night's Cubs-Red Sox game. The count was 3-0 on David Ortiz, and all seemed normal, until a vision of the future appeared before him. Like Cassandra knew that Troy would fall, Big Papi knew the next pitch would be ball four. He knew it so completely that he decided not to waste any time, and started walking to first base before the pitch was even thrown: 

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Big Papi has a gift that surely he will only use for good (or for a few more early walks). 

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