JD Back with a Bang - Jenn

Just when I started worrying that JD had cooled off, he planted one in deep right to quell my fears.

Dad may have been worried about Dice-K going into this game, but I was more concerned about JD. If Dice-K had another bad outing I could let it slide. After all it was only his second time on the mound since coming off the DL and everyone takes time to get their old fire back.

But nothing's wrong with JD. He hasn't been injured or anything and he's still doing some amazing stuff in the outfield. But during the last home stand our faithful right fielder who had been hitting anything that came across the plate had suddenly stopped. In his 19 at bats in Fenway JD only got two hits. That's right two hits. So, you can understand why I was worried. But last night his loud bat quieted my fears.

He may have only had one hit, but that one hit was a three-run shot to deep right that got the Sox on the board. That homer would be the right fielder's 11th. In the month of June. Last season JD had 11 home runs total. He's already got 15 for the season and there are still 3 months left to play. If he keeps hitting this way, he could end up being the team leader in home runs. Something no Red Sox fan would've ever considered since Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz are also in the lineup.

But while JD may have added another home run to his 2008 tally, I'm worried why it took him five games to start hitting again. Was he just having problems at Fenway? God, I hope not. There are still another 40 games to play at home and if Fenway means a slump in JD's batting average, that's all bad. With Ortiz still on the DL, we need all the hitting we can get and that means JD needs to continue the streak he had before the Sox returned to Fenway last Friday. I don't care if he hits the balls out of the park or not, he just has to get hits. Because hits lead to runs and runs lead to wins. So, I hope last night was just the beginning and the fire that JD was on eight days ago is burning wildly once again.