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Former Baseball Superstar David Ortiz Arrives in Boston for Gunshot Treatment

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   The Boston Red Sox baseball team has sent a team plane to the Dominican
   Republic to fly its former superstar David Ortiz home for treatment
   after he was shot and seriously wounded in a bar Sunday night.

   Doctors in Santo Domingo removed his gallbladder and part of his
   intestine in a six-hour operation. The hospital and Red Sox officials
   say Ortiz was in serious but stable condition Monday, but well enough
   to fly to Boston.

   Ortiz's father told ESPN television that doctors expect him to quickly
   recover.

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