It has been reported recently that David Ortiz is getting his once patented eyes checked to see if that's why he can't catch up to 65mph softballs. This is starting to get pretty embarrassing and I realize that it probably has been embarrassing for a while but I'm a Sox fan and have blinders on. It just doesn't make sense, how do you go from being Babe Ruth's tutor to having the worst BA in the league over a period of 16 months? Right now he couldn't take bp in single A.
Juice? I highly doubt it. He's not hitting balls 350ft to the warning track, he's hitting them 350ft straight up that don't leave the infield. The best thing Papi has going for him this season is the grooming of his beard which I have to say crushes all AL and NL competition, congrats Papi. As much as I would love to see Papi walk into Yankee stadium next week and crush 12 home runs all to opposite field with 7 going through ARoids face it's just not going to happen. Papi is 33 going on 42 years old and his days are numbered. Part of me doesn't want him on the field so I don't have to cringe at every at bat. I used to blush at every at bat.
Just so we're clear I do love Papi, no red sox player has brought more joy to sox fans and allowed them to gloat at every possible chance more than him. Sox fans will always be in debt to Papi so it's important to stand by him as we watch him crumble like a blind kid playing jenga. I'm rooting for you Papi, I'm just not as optimistic as I once was. Please prove us all wrong.
God speed Papi.
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