{"id":62817,"date":"2023-03-20T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=62817"},"modified":"2023-03-20T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:32:01","slug":"united-cigars-puts-big-papi-firecracker-on-deck-for-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/united-cigars-puts-big-papi-firecracker-on-deck-for-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"United Cigars Puts Big Papi Firecracker on Deck for Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Spring Training is in full swing and with our national pastime\u2019s opening day around the corner it is the perfect time for the Big Papi Firecracker to step back into the batter\u2019s box. Featuring a Mexican wrapper grown in the San Andres Valley. Returning for MLB\u2019s Opening Day, the Big Papi Firecracker is back as part of United Cigars collaboration project with Artista.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Originally launched in 2021, the Big Papi Firecracker honors the hall of fame first baseman and designated hitter David Ortiz. Ortiz played 14 seasons in the majors, finishing his career with ten All-Star appearances, three World Series rings and seven Silver-Slugger Awards. This Special Edition Big Papi Firecracker is a variation of the Slugger line by Artista with an added boost to the blend from third-generation owner Ram Rodriguez. Artista is a family-owned factory operating out of the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis was a special project that I wanted to be a part of,\u201d said Ram. \u201cThis Firecracker is a unique vitola and for a Big Papi Firecracker it had to be special. I wanted tobacco that was grown in the Dominican in the 60\u2019s and Dominican Negrito was that tobacco.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Presented in collectible boxes of 20 cigars, the Big Papi Firecracker features a QR Code with a special \u2018Thank you\u2019 video from former MLB star David Ortiz. Ortiz personally autographed boxes as part of this collaboration some of which may become available as apart of this rerelease.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Big Papi Firecracker<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Factory: Tabacalera El Artista S.R.L.<br \/>\nOrigin: Dominican<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Size: 3 1\/2 x 50<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Wrapper: Mexican San Andres<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Binder: Dominican Negrito<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Filler: Dominican Criollo 98, Nicaraguan Jalapa, Pennsylvanian Broadleaf<br \/>\nBox Count: 20<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">MSRP: $7.99<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring a Mexican wrapper grown in the San Andres Valley. Returning for MLB\u2019s Opening Day, the Big Papi Firecracker is back as part of United Cigars collaboration project with Artista.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":62818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[8812,6296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}