we're making it. >>> shortly after the boston bombings, the red sox slugger david ortiz had a message this is our, his words, blanking, city. he didn't say the word blanking. but now ortiz is using that colorful language to raise some serious money for the bombing victims. joe carter has the bleacher report. >> yeah, wolf. basically david ortiz is taking that memorable quote and printing it on baseball bats and selling them for charity. we remember that moment, just after the boston bombings when ortiz stood in front of the fenway crowd and had no problem saying exactly what was on his mind. now, ortiz and the company that makes his current bats are partnering up to make these bats. not only does the bat have the quote, it also has a silhouette of ortiz pointing to the sky and the words never forget and boston strong. now, unsigned bats are going for 125 bucks. autographed ones are going for $500. you can purchase them on his website, big papi.com. 100% of the proceeds go to the bombing victims. >>> let's talk basketball, the new york knicks, they're in trouble after last night's loss

david ortiz, that is a home run. his third homerun of the season. not enough.d sox close with 18-0 record. taking in the yankees game tonight. field. left yankees up, 1-0. third inning. this time right at the middle. another rbi single. 7-4, yankees win. and after the new york jets shopping-- tim tebow around. the contract that includes $11 million in incentives. he received one offer but for considerably less money. in nebraskaam offered him $75. they don't seem to mind offer. could learn a lot for me. justin blackmon, a first-round pick last season. you will start his second nfl season. he will start his second nfl season. this marks the second substance related instant. that is a trigger clause could release him. you've heard of the popular -- we may have accidentally stumbled across it. this girl who can catch anyone on the baseball field, the squirrel -- a squirrel got loose. interrupted play. the squirrel -- watch him. he touches second base and changes direction. he shows savvy understanding of the game. he gets caught by a play with the baseball helmet.

i can understand why richwine's ideas offend members of the hispanic race, like jennifer lopez, david ortiz, denney trejo and former peruvian president alberto fujimori. i can't tell them apart. but even if richwine were a racist, that doesn't invalidate the heritage report. first of all this weekend richwine resigned from the heritage foundation, i assume to spend more time measuring his family's salt. and their vp, the heritage foundation, the heritage foundation's vp of communications mike gonzalez put up a blog post saying dr. richwine did not shape the methodology or the policy recommendations in the heritage paper. the dissertation was written while dr. richwine was a student at harvard supervised and approved by the committee of respected scholars. its finding do not reflect the position of the heritage foundation or the conclusions of our study. well said. that mike gonzalez sounds pretty smart. he's probably adopted. now heritage-- (applause) heritage here, heritage is saying they find no credence in richwine's dissertation. which they are careful to point out was supervised and ap

the red sox were down but they come back on one swing from david ortiz. he knows that home run. the indians win 12-3. the ravens have signed arthur brown from ksas state. he agrees to a four-year contract. john harbaugh made the short drive down to stevenson university where he talked with the mustang men's lacrosse tame. stevensone r.i.t. -- .t.cys r.i john harbaugh is going up to the game. >> you can ride with >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. good morning. happy friday. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. to look at today's top stories. >> a person stabbed a man at a middle river nightclub on pulaski highwa crews took the victim to the hospital. >> a private sale involved with a haussner's restaurant building. a potential buyer launched private negotiations. haussner's closed after 73 years in business. jacoby jones on "a live with kelly and michael." it begins at 10:00 a.m. >> that should be fun. 6:31. time for traffic and weather togethe

. >>> to the diamond, david ortiz and the red sox taking on the white sox. of the first, ortiz bloops a hit to left. two come around to score. red sox on top, 2-0. they've topped stolen bases. first time he's done so since 2011. meanwhile, clay buchholz looking to improve to 7-0. and he gets adams swinging and then this one looking. buchholz improves to 7-0. that's your "sportscenter" update. i'm cassidy hubbarth. have a great morning. >>> all right, up next, bieber's bizarre antics continue. why going to a party at his home could cost you 5 million bucks. >> oh, boy. >>> plus, a well deserved honor for a musical legend. "the pulse" is coming up next. stay with us. is the better choice for him, to prove to you te he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. that was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again, and now i gotta take more pills. ♪ yup another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] this may, buy aleve and help

red sox dh david ortiz, he often brings the fenway faithful to their feet, but he really did it with the boston marathon bombings. when he said this is our blanking city. i don't think he really said blanking, he said something else. >> we get it, berman. >> and now ortiz is using that colorful language to raise money for bombing victims. he's teaming up with the company that makes his bats with the quote, "never forget." good for papy. >>> apparently, a brisk business on linked in. a standard update to the user agreement is prostitutes and escorts are among those listed on the professional networking website. despite the fact they're not permitted to use the site, even if they work in a state where prostitution is legal. the company says it's working with subscribers to clear up any confusion this may be causing. >> i know this is going over their head, the 10 jillion invitations to join linked in, how many from prostitutes? >>> and a man born with no fingers on his right hand gets a life changing appendage. christopher now has bionic fingers. it's a state of the art prosthetic call

. >> shortly after the boston bombing, red sox slugger david ortiz had a message to the terrorist, thislanken city, he says, he didn't use blanken. he is raising money for the bombing victims. >> hi, carole, interesting concept, definitely, ortiz is going to take that mem obl quote. he is putting them on baseball bats and selling them for charity, just after the boston bombing, ortiz stood in front of the crowd and said what was on his mind. in addition to the quote the bats will have a silhouette pointing to the sky and the words "never forget" and "boston strong." unsigned bats are going for $125. autographed bats are going for $500. can you purchase them at bigpoppy.com. 100% of the proceeds go to the victims. >>> this next tape shows not everyone performs good under pressure. a fan reaches over the railing and snags a foul ball bare handed. wow, right? impressive. check this out t. very next pitch another foul ball is hit to nearly the exact same spot, but this time the fan, oh, drops it. not an easy catch by any means, considering the guy that did catch it was a few seats away and

shortly after the boston marathon bombings, red sox dh david ortiz had a message for the terrorists.our [ bleep ] city. >> now he's using the same color language to raise money for bombing victims. joe carter joining us this morning with the bleacher report. good morning. >> good morning. ortiz is going to take that memorable quote and put it on baseball bats and put it on charity. just after the boston bombings, ortiz stood in front of the fenway crowd live on tv and said exactly what was on his mind. in addition to the quote this is our [ bleep ] city, it has a silhouette of ortiz pointing to the sky and words never forget and boston strong are on those bats. for 125 bucks you can get one that's unsigned. $500 and you can get one that's autographed and buy them at big pappy.com. >>> the nicks were ice cold. indiana's george hill on the other hand was solid again. he's really been the driving force behind the pacers playoff success. after the game carmelo gives his take on the knicks situation. >> at this point, you know, it's do or die. we got to win the next game and take it one g

. >>> david ortiz is speaking out about new questions he may be using performance-enhancing drugs.oston globe sports writer dna shaughnessy suggested that ortiz was hitting too well at his old age of 37. shaughnessy made with his heritage making the link to others have tested positive to performance-enhancing drugs. ortiz responded yesterday saying, crazy. i'm dominican and many dominicans have been caught using steroids and what about americans? if you're from the middle east because there are some people there who put bombs and terrorize civilians, i have to see you like that as well? if you are a white american, i have to call you a racist because white americans are in the ku klux klan? ortiz has been linked to ped linkage in the past. he chalks it up to legal substances and vitamins. >> yes, vitamins. orange juice. >> where does it go from here? nowhere, right? >> i think dan shaughnessy what a lot of people around -- we will just say fans of the red sox have suspected for a very long time but we will see what happens. yeah, it's pretty significant that a boston writer like da

. >>> remember when david ortiz said this just days after the boston bombing?ed. one month later, he's accusing his language to raise money for victims. he teamed up with bat maker maruchi to sell souvenir bats. in addition to what he said, they will read never forget. boston strong, 4-15-13. they go for 125 bucks. 500 will get you a signed bat. >>> prince harry will wrap up his u.s. trip with a polo match in connecticut of the he looks like an american baseball player. yesterday he was playing baseball with a group of kids in community center in harlem. that big rbi program. he was being coached by the yankees mark texeira. he got three pitches and connected on every one. prince harry smacked one over the fence. he led them in baseball drills and i believe his foundation is going to be giving money to the rbi foundation in america's inner cities. he wowed everybody on this trip. coming up in 20 minutes on radio, donald rumsfeld leading, olympia snow on the fox news radio app and hopefully everywhere else. >> steve: meanwhile, three scandals in the same week. s