Well, it took forever, but David Ortiz has finally busted his slump. We'll let you contemplate the ways.
In the fifth inning of Wednesday night's 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter nailed a two-run shot off rookie Brett Cecil to straightaway center for his first longball of the season. The slump lasted 149 at-bats dating back to last season, which marks the longest homerless drought of his career. That's one home run on the year for Ortiz, and yes, it's May 20th.
After grounding out and striking out in his first two at-bats, his batting average plummeted to .200. (Yikes!) He struck out again in the sixth but doubled in the eighth to spike his average back up to .210.
Once he crossed the plate, Ortiz was embraced by Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis before being hugged by manager Terry Francona in the dugout. Awwwwww... welcome back Big Papi.
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4 comments:
Boston ain't the same without him. Welcome back Big Papi...from a NY fan.
I figured out who Papi's slump-buster was...
http://www.babeslovebaseball.com/2009/05/jobas-mom-looks-nuts.html
Nice call Megs.
Maybe he drank some of this?
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