David Ortiz, one of the finest sluggers in the long and storied history of the Boston Red Sox, is now an American citizen. Dominican born Ortiz, affectionately known throughout Major League Baseball as Big Papi, got sworn in on Wednesday along with 226 other immigrants at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester, Mass. Papi told reporters, "I'm proud to be an American, and it's great to part of the American family." When reporters asked him why he chose to become an American citizen, he replied, " well, my whole family, pretty much my kids and everybody have been born here." Ortiz held an American flag in one hand as he recited the Pledge of Allegiance with the other new citizens.
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