Deaf-blindness under federal law means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.
David Ortiz will have his No. 34 retired June 23 at Boston's Fenway Park. That didn't take long. Ortiz hung up his cleats for good in October after batting .286/.380/.552 with 541 home runs and 1,768 RBI over the course of a 20-year major league career. He hit 483 of those 541 homers with the Red Sox and also won three World Series titles (2004, 2007, 2013), becoming a legend in one of the great baseball towns.
ââThank you, Lord, for allowing me to give Boston the greatest gift ever: my compadre, David Ortiz,ââ said Martinez, who helped convince the Red Sox to sign Ortiz in 2003 and then joined with him the next year to win the title.