Ortiz still #1

Here and an article about David Ortiz.

The question around Red Sox Nation is whether or not David Ortiz is going to hit the way that he used to. People should realize that the season is 162 games long, and that Big Papi will get the clutch hits when he needs to.

The fans and journalists need to stop trying to find excuses as to why he is doing so poorly. Jerry Crasnick writes " One theory making the rounds is that Ortiz's surgically reparied right knee has robbed him of his foundation, and made him tentative at the plate." No Jerry it's not the knee. You see, in baseball, players go through something called a slump. Its when they don't get hits, and their performance is subpar. Eventually, they break out of it. Reporters need to write more about the game, and not why players are not doing good. This does not help the situation, it only makes it worse, especially in Boston.

Even with Ortiz doing horrible at the plate, the Sox have options. Its not like they can't rely on Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell. They constanly produce and take pressure off him. People just want him to come to the plate, and always hit a home run. This is not possible. The only way to look it at, is that it's only April and not October, when the new king of clutch comes to the plate.

We all know that Ortiz will finish with an average above .300, and at least 30 home runs. Its just a matter of time before these things happen. Gradually he will skip hitting singles due to the shift, go straight to doubles and then put them into the Monster in left field.

No matter the situation with two out in the bottom of the ninth, there is nothing I would want more than to see the man who single handedly took out the Yankees in the 2004 playoffs.