ICYMI, here's the recap: David Ortiz misquotes himself, is caught lying, blames the Yankees (and ESPN blames ARod)

OK, here's the quick run-through.

David Ortiz pens an essay in Derek Jeter's "The Players' Tribune": (Read it here, but have a barf bag handy)

The Subway Squawkers blog calls bullshit: (Read it here)

Dan Shaughnessy calls bullshit: (Read it here)

Boston.com calls bullshit: (Read it here)

Craig Calcaterra calls bullshit, and says Ortiz' article is basically an unknowing admission of past drug use (if not steroids, then amphetamines): Read it here

ESPN calls .... Ortiz a great guy and a wonderful teammate and a fantastic human being and says his family is hurt by these allegations! Seriously, every word Ortiz said in TPT is taken as gospel, and Ortiz is the real victim in this whole thing because the 2003 test results were supposed to remain anonymous! (Read it here, and grab another barf bag).

David Ortiz says that he was misquoted ... in the article that he supposedly wrote himself. Yep, he misquoted himself: (Read it here)

David Ortiz blames the a New York conspiracy for the release of his failed drug test, hinting that the Yankees were behind the leak: (Read it here)

Subway Squawkers calls more bullshit: (Read it here)

ESPN notes that David Ortiz has passed dozens of drug tests, but that unfortunately, Ortiz is being naive to think that could be taken as proof of his innocence. Why? Because of Alex Rodriguez, who also allegedly passed dozens of drug tests but is unquestionably and undeniably one of the two biggest drug cheats in the history of sports. Really: (Read it here)

And finally, Peter Gammons ... says nothing. Nada. Zilch. Not on Twitter. Not on his website. He does, however, tweet out that Alex Rodriguez seems to be "feeling the power" this spring. (Wink wink! Nod nod!)