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Ortiz not letting his slump get him down

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Sunday, April 13, 2008

BOSTON -- David Ortiz is in pretty good spirits for a guy whose swing looks as if it's buried under two feet of concrete these days. Here we are, 13 games and one rubber match against the New York Yankees into the season, and Ortiz, Boston's go-to guy, has already been mercy-benched by manager Terry Francona. The .070 batting average is bad enough. But when Francona looks out and sees one weak at-bat feeding into the next -- and a frustrated, defeatist mind-set taking root -- he fi ...

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