Rock Bottom

David Ortiz - Red Sox DH

It’s not pretty, it’s hard to watch, but as long as Terry Francona keeps putting David Ortiz in the line-up, fan’s and on-lookers are going to have to watch Ortiz hit rock bottom before he turns things around.

It is the same idea that goes with people who have alcohol or drug addiction, until the person hits rock bottom things are not going to get better. Now, whether that low has come for Ortiz only time will tell. Teammate Dustin Pedroia said in an article about Ortiz:

Boston.com – “David’s fine,’’ Pedroia said. “He’s one of our teammates. It could have been me that hit into a double play. It happens to everybody, man. He’s had 60 at-bats. A couple years ago I had 60 at-bats, I was hitting .170, everyone was ready to kill me too. What happened? Laser show. Relax. I’m tired of looking at the NESN poll: ‘Why is David struggling?’ David’s fine. We believe in him. He came out of it last year, he’s going to come out of it this year. Put that in your poll. I’m going to go online and vote. Papi’s fine. Thanks for playing.’’

So while Pedrioa spends the next week or so getting David Ortiz populartiy up on NESN.com, hopefully his average will increase as well.