The Red Sox’ David Ortiz appears in Boston yesterday to announce his upcoming charity golf tournament.

AP / Nancy Lane

BOSTON — Red Sox management has its to-do list for the offseason in preparation for 2009. Some of the players do, too.

David Ortiz believes the Red Sox could use another bat, maybe one held by free-agent Mark Teixeira. Whether Boston can sign the superstar first baseman remains to be seen, but Ortiz would like to see a little more support around him than was left vacant when the Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers in July.

Ortiz was asked if the Red Sox would have won the World Series — or at least reached the Fall Classic — if Ramirez had remained in Boston.

“Probably. Probably not. I’ll leave [that answer] up to you,” he said to a small group of reporters. “This team just needs a few guys in the bullpen and another 30-home-run guy and we’ll be all set.”

If the Red Sox were able to sign Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis would be shifted back to third base, leaving management with a decision to make about Mike Lowell. The veteran third baseman had hip surgery last month and said he’ll be ready for spring training.

Still, adding a player of Teixeira’s ability would greatly increase the offensive and defensive stability of the Red Sox.

“I haven’t really thought about it,” Ortiz said. “We have Mikey and Youk, and Mikey just had his surgery and hopefully he’ll come back healthy. But we definitely need to find another guy who can produce here.”

It wasn’t baseball, however, that Ortiz wanted to talk about yesterday. There were more pressing issues on his mind.

Ortiz met with the media yesterday in the Absolute Clubhouse at Fenway Park to discuss his inaugural David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic. The event will be held Dec. 4-7 in the Dominican Republic to raise money for pediatric care for children in New England and the Dominican.

Ortiz, who has three children, said he was inspired to create the David Ortiz Children’s Fund when he visited a hospital in his native country two years ago. He saw children, the same age as his own, suffering from heart ailments.

“I wanted to do something,” he said.

He has put his celebrity to good use with this foundation and event.

Currently there are 40 Dominican children who will benefit from this event. Ortiz was sent a book with their pictures and information and feels a connection to these ailingchildren.

“Knowing you have the power to help those children, it has to make you feel good,” he said. “Everyday I wake up and I look at this list and see their beautiful faces it makes me feel like I just went 5-for-5 with two jacks.

“It’s even better. You get famous and you can have whatever you need. You’re finically stable and sometimes there’s always something missing. But right now I feel like a full package because, on top of all the good things that have been happening to me, these children make me feel like I’m really doing something good. This is what has made me a complete man when I know I’m helping somebody who really needs it.”

Ortiz has invited the who’s who of the sporting and show business worlds to his event. The Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera will attend, along with many other major-league players, including Vladimir Guerrero, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Alfonso Soriano and many Red Sox players. Ortiz is even trying to woo Ramirez.

Local legends Jim Rice, Luis Tiant, John Havlicek and Bobby Orr will also attend the event.

Everyone knows Ortiz can hit a baseball, but he’s still working on his golf game.

“I’m getting better, but I can hit the ball far,” he said with his typical laugh.

After Ortiz was done with his eloquent speech about his foundation and the families who will benefit from it, it was back to Hot Stove talk.

If management adds another big bat to the already potent order, Ortiz believes the Red Sox will continue to be a championship-caliber club.

“I think so,” he said. “Especially in our division because the pitching has improved a lot, and next year, you’re going to have to face a lot of good pitching. The Yankees are going to try to get better with pitching, and those guys in Tampa Bay have really good pitching.”

Ortiz, who missed 45 games with a torn sheath tendon in his left wrist and dealt with discomfort for the remainder of the season, said he’ll start taking swings next month and doesn’t expect any problems.

“I know it’s going to feel fine,” he said. “I’ve been feeling better. The inflammation at the end of the season has gone away. The doctor told me once I stop swinging and take a month and a half to rest, it’ll be fine.”

Ortiz said the “popping” in his wrist is gone.

“It’s crazy, man,” he said. Injuries “are part of the game and you can’t control it. The only thing I can control is what time I go to sleep at night. You’ve got to deal with injuries and just suck it up.”

Ortiz said he hasn’t spoken with Ramirez in awhile, but believes his friend and slugger will remain in the National League and won’t sign with the Yankees.

“I don’t think so,” he said. “I don’t think it will happen. I never heard Manny talking about that, about going to New York.”

The Yankees have made it their offseason priority to sign a big-name pitcher like CC Sabathia, and possibly a hitter like Ramirez. It’s still early in the offseason, but within the next month the Yankees will do something.

“Something crazy is going to happen out there,” Ortiz said. “I know they’re going to do something because of their situation and that’s why we need to get stronger, too.”

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