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Ortiz Couldnt Watch Television During 2009 Slump - RealGM Wiretap
David Ortiz hit his 17th home run of the season on Sunday night Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale , lifting the Boston Red Sox to victory over the Oakland Athletics in the 10th inning.

The 38-year-old is still going strong. He is coming off a World Series MVP performance for the ages despite an extended slump back in May 2009 that had many believing he was well past his prime.

After three strikeouts on May 14, 2009, Ortiz was hitting .208.318.300. He had endured a two-month slump after a significant wrist injury in 2008.

"I couldn't even watch TV, any sports channel at the time, because it was nothing but, 'He's done.' You're struggling and people are saying that you're done, it doesn't help," recalled Ortiz. "That's when your mind has to start processing that and next thing you know, 'I'm out.'"

Ortiz finds it hard to fathom the dialogue that surrounded him, especially those who wondered whether his performance dip was permanent.

"It wasn't like I was declining or anything like that. That's the first thing people put in their heads. I'm 38 and I'm still hitting 97 mph fastballs. They said my bat speed was shutting down back then," he said. "I was, what, I was 33 years old. How many 33-year-olds you see losing bat speed? I haven't seen that many. Especially a guy coming off an injury."

Cubs Acquire Giovanni Soto From Indians - RealGM Wiretap

The Chicago Cubs have acquired Giovanni Soto from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for cash considerations.

The Indians designated Soto for assignment last week.

Chicago had space on their 40-man roster after placing Kyle Schwarber on the 60-day disabled list.

Soto, 24, was a 24th-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers in 2009.

Rangers Dont Anticipate Waiver Trade - RealGM Wiretap Rangers general manager Jon Daniels doesn't expect the team to make a trade this month. Anyone traded after July 31 must first clear waivers. The Rangers added Jeff Francoeur last year from the Mets on Aug. 31. "We look at it every day, the guys who are out there Cheap NFL Jerseys China ," Daniels said. "It's something we monitor, but I expect the group we've got is the group we're going to have." 锘? Merely having the texts available is not enough, particularly when we think about the stakes. Certainly, teachers have to worry not only about how choosing these texts will affect their students but also how these choices will be understood (and perhaps resisted) by administrators, parents, and others in their communities. These immediate rhetoricalpragmatic concerns can often take precedence over the value and quality of the chosen texts. In fact, the question teachers usually bring to me when they want to include an LGBT text in their class is not "What's the best, most powerful LGBT young adult novel you've read recently?" but "Is there a book you think I could get away with without ruffling too many feathers?" The desire to include LGBT characters is laudable, but there also needs to be something there in the books beyond just queer characters.

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