Boston Red Sox

David Ortiz responds to latest 'Saturday Night Live' skit

Published Nov. 23, 2015 6:17 p.m. ET

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By Steve DelVecchio

David Ortiz was once again the center of a hilarious “Saturday Night Live” skit over the weekend, and Big Papi is being a great sport about it.

In honor of Ortiz’s recent revelation that he will retire after the 2015 season, SNL’s Kenan Thompson returned to poke more fun at Ortiz. The skit involved faux Big Papi proudly talking about all the advertising and business opportunities he has lined up for his post-playing career. One of them was a gym Ortiz works out at called “Iguananox.”

“You like working out at the gym but you wish there was a bunch of lizards in there, too?” Thompson, posing as Ortiz, joked. “Check out Iguananox. Very few deaths.”

On Monday, Ortiz posted the photo you see above on Facebook.

“Hey kenan…..found the first member of our new gym @nbcsnl,” Big Papi wrote.

Here is the segment from Saturday:

Thompson does a tremendous job of impersonating Ortiz. The only sports-related SNL skit we like better is the Stephen A. Smith spoof, which you can watch here. Kudos to Ortiz for joining in on the fun.

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