One way or another, David Ortiz is returning to the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox will exercise the $12.5 million option on their designated hitter for next season, the team announced less than 12 hours before Thursday's midnight deadline. Ortiz has been vocal about wanting a long-term extension and not a one-year deal, telling WEEI.com earlier this week that he would be "not comfortable" playing on a one-year contract because of the "roller coaster" season he just went through. It was a reiteration of comments he originally made at the All-Star festivities in Anaheim in July. "I'm going to tell you, I ain't going nowhere,'' Ortiz told ESPNBoston.com just before winning the home run derby. "I don't want one year. Why should I return for one year and go through the same [stuff] I'm going through now, just because it's my last year? No. I like to be left alone when I'm playing baseball. I know how to clean my [stuff] up.'' read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/news/story?id=5764146
