David Ortiz to Check his Vision
June 6, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Baseball
David Ortiz, the slumping slugger for the Boston Red Sox, is trying everything to get his season back on track. The next thing he’ll try is to check his vision.
Although Ortiz says he has always had good vision, he has suffered from dry eyes lately. On Monday, he’ll head to the doc to make sure he can see the big E on the eye chart.
David Ortiz - Can You See Me Now? (Image: Zuma Press)
The Red Sox would love for Ortiz’s struggles to be vision related. Right now, he’s hitting .188 with one homer and 21 RBIs. That is a far cry from a player who hit 54 homers in 2006, batted .332 in 2007 and knocked in 148 RBis in 2005.
In April, Ortiz hit just .230 and Red Sox fans were worried. But after the 33-year-old hit just .143 in June, those worries turned into panic.
