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Wife: Ex-Red Sox Slugger Ortiz Recovering From 3rd Surgery

Associated Press

   BOSTON - Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is recovering from a third
   surgery after experiencing complications resulting from his gunshot
   wound.
   Ortiz's wife, Tiffany, says in a statement Thursday that he is
   ``recovering well and in good spirits.'' He had the surgery earlier
   this week at Massachusetts General Hospital.

   Ortiz was shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic last
   month. Dominican police have said he was mistaken for another man who
   was sitting near him at the club.

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