Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 26, 2008
The Times, They are a Changing

David Ortiz did not like the shift in time brought about by the trip to Japan:

The time change hit Ortiz perhaps as hard as any player, with the Sox' DH going through sleepless nights during both his first and third days in Japan. He said the second day was when the jet lag hit him like a ton of bricks, although the feeling of uneasiness hasn't gone anywhere.

"By the sixth inning, you start feeling it," he said. "Mentally you try to get through it, but your body isn't getting the signals."

The most visible example of Ortiz' struggles came in the Red Sox' season opener when, with the Red Sox trailing by a run in the eighth inning, the usually clutchest of performers found his bat a bit slow. The result was a weak pop up to left field and a hitter searching for a solution.

"You fight it," Ortiz said. "When I went up to the plate after my third at-bat it was a serious fight. You know normally I'm the type of guy who likes that late-game situation, but that was tough."

It took my daughter a good week to get back to normal after spending a week in Japan.


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