David Ortiz Mourns Tim Wakefield’s Death, ‘He’s Like My Family’

David Ortiz remains to be mourning the loss of life of Tim Wakefield … telling TMZ Sports activities this week his former Pink Sox teammate was a “nice man, man.”

“Nice man,” he repeated.

Ortiz opened as much as us about Wakefield for a number of moments whereas out in Los Angeles … simply days after the previous Boston star pitcher died from mind most cancers.

Huge Papi stated the knuckleballer was straight-up “like my household, man” … and you may see within the clip, he is clearly nonetheless in ache over the passing.

Ortiz and Wakefield grew shut throughout their time collectively at Fenway Park — you will recall, they shared a locker room with each other for 9 seasons. And, the 2 fashioned such a robust bond … Wakefield really confirmed as much as Cooperstown final 12 months to observe Ortiz get inducted into the Corridor of Fame.

Papi is hardly the one former Pink Sox participant to precise heartbreak over Wakefield’s loss of life — a number of former teammates despatched ideas and prayers on social media as nicely.

Tim was simply 57 years outdated.