Does David Ortiz like Isaiah Thomas?

I know. I'm guessing the answer is, "David Ortiz loves everyone!"

But, I'm asking because I'm always fascinated by celebrity relationships. The fact that a Red Sox player can call a free agent to recruit him to the team. Where does he get his number? How did Nomar get in touch with a Bruins player to discuss wrist surgery? They all seem to be one big happy family.

Which brings me to Ortiz and Isaiah.

You may remember that when David Ortiz retired, the Red Sox had several ceremonies for him. One of them included athletes from the other Boston sports teams. All the major sports teams sent representatives, and they all streamed out of the centerfield door to come congratulate Ortiz on his amazing career. As the entire Celtics team made their way through the receiving line, IT thrust a jersey at Ortiz, and Papi signed it for him. Right there on the field. In the middle of the ceremony. It struck me. Was that the only way IT could get a Papi autograph? Ambushing him on the field like a fan might do? He couldn't just go to the locker room before the game and ask for one? Doesn't he have any celebrity pull?

After all, not long after that we all saw LeGarrette Blount sitting courtside at a Celtics game. After the game, he just walked onto the court to congratulate Thomas on a great game. If Blount wanted an autograph, I bet he would have gotten it then. He had the celebrity cache. 

Then, just a week or two ago cameras caught Thomas on the sidelines before a Patriots game. He was sporting a Tom Brady jersey. On the back of the jersey, was a nice clean Tom Brady autograph. Clearly he got that before the game, and not on the field during a ceremony. So, Thomas was able to quietly go up to Brady for an autograph. You'd think if you can get to Brady, you can get to Ortiz. Did Thomas have to use Blount to get to Brady? Was the autograph a payoff to Thomas for helping with some scheme? Is everyone just nice to Thomas? Everyone but Ortiz? Is that odd to anyone else?

Why did Thomas have to ambush Ortiz?