A Failure to Communicate

David Ortiz waits by his phone.

"I was expecting something would happen before (the exclusive negotiating period ran out), but so many things are going on," Ortiz said. "I know everybody has priorities, and to be honest with you, I thought I was one of them."

I don't want to make fun of the guy, because I love Big Papi, but he ... kinda sounds like a teenager here.

"I'm just going to try to be the same and do what I normally do. "

If publicly airing negotiations is what he normally does (and it is, if memory serves), OK then.