Papi Lives! Bring on the Second Half

I started writing this one about two weeks ago, shortly after home run number four.   Somewhere in my head, a little voice cried out, “After so long a slump, it's too soon! Don't write that Big Papi is back to stay. Don't jinx him...”   And I didn't publish. But I did write, because the fact was, Papi was back. Too soon to write it? I didn't care.   But now as June is drawing to a close, the season half over, the All-Star break days away, it seems even the hardcore skeptics are beginning to come around. David “Big Papi” Ortiz has eight homers now, seven more than when the month began. His average for June is .310, his slugging at .648, and with hits in seven of his last eight games, he isn't cooling.   For June, Ortiz has literally doubled his average and slugging of the month before, that more than dismal .146, .242 SLG. He is making up for lost time – and lost hits – in a big way.   And yet, even now, ... (link)