April 23, 2010

Message Sent

David Ortiz hit his first home run of the season in his first at bat against the Orioles tonight. He was embarrassed by being pulled for a pinch hitter the other night.

“It was just embarrassing, getting pinch-hit for,” Ortiz said. “I understand. I’m not swinging the bat good, with a lefty and whatever. I’ve got to come through and do my thing and get that out of people’s heads. When I’m swinging the bat good that’s not going to happen. Basically it was a wake-up call to say, ‘You better start hitting or you’re going to get pinch-hit for.’

“You saw my reaction. I just came back tot he dugout. Of course, I was embarrassed, but I took it like a man. It wasn’t Tito’s fault that I was pinch-hit for. It was my fault because I’m not hitting. I know it’s not going to get me any confidence, but it’s telling me to work on your (stuff) and start hitting.”

The wake up call appeared to work.

1 thought on “Message Sent

  1. ptodd

    Not really, he has owned Guthrie in the past, and it was an opposite field Fenway blast. He has all of 2 hits to RF this season, a single and double.

    As Eckersely said last year in mid-May, “you would think by now he would have a HR by accident like I did”. So the accident happened early for Papi. Kind of like JD’s grand slam the other day, all 325 ft of it.

    Of course, psychologically it must help, and confidence is a big part of hitting, so maybe this will jump start him.

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