Amen to these bad MFers!

Like E.F. Hutton, when Big Papi talks, people listen!

The new issue of Sports Illustrated, with the World Champion Boston Red Sox [team stats] on the cover, reveals that, when the Sox went down 2 games to 1 to the Cleveland Indians, David Ortiz [stats] cleared the clubhouse of everyone but the players and gave his boys a big, fat talking to.

“Listen,” the designated hitter began, according to SI, “we’re not just a good team. We’re a great team. And don’t you (bleeping) forget that. And let’s go play one at a time and go prove that. Because let me tell you something . . .”



“Ortiz pulled on the sides of his gray road jersey,” the story goes on. “ ‘There’s a reason why you wear this Red Sox uniform . . .’ ”

“Ortiz paused for a beat, letting the suspenseful silence fill the rapt room. ‘Because you’re a bad mother(bleeper).’ ”

The Red Sox lost that night, but never lost again on their way to a second World Championship in four seasons.