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"Hudson stirs from dark place" is an odd headline, no matter how you look at it. It makes me visualize Andy Sirkis in a baggy and tattered Blue Jays uniform. But the rather sympathetic article by Richard Griffin in today's Star is just fine, examining the crisis of confidence that (for the moment) appears to be a leading cause of Orlando Hudson's struggles this spring.

The young second baseman seems to have psyched himself out despite (or in fact, because of) his excellent spring training. Ricciardi thinks Hudson's problem is that he's over-intensifying on the field, taking things too much to heart. Go figure. There are a lot of things that are easier and more enjoyable to do if you're not thinking furiously about every aspect of them while you're taking part, and I suppose baseball is one of them. Six hits in his last two games offer hope that Orlando may be snapping out of it at the plate, but I suspect his defence will be erratic all season.

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_DS - Friday, May 02 2003 @ 01:29 PM EDT (#102788) #
I'm surprised Griffin is calling Hudson's .269 average disappointing. Up to a week ago, O-Dog was only hitting .209. Raising a batting average to a respectable level should be worth something. Of course Griffin is always known to fit stats to his argument.
Pistol - Friday, May 02 2003 @ 01:33 PM EDT (#102789) #
It sounds like JP is still is in his corner. I don't think sitting Hudson on the bench does him any good. Throw him out there for 140 games and see what you have. Even if playing Berg or Bordick is worth a few more wins they're not going to be helping the Jays when the Jays are playoff contenders which should be what the focus is on, not today's game.
Gitz - Friday, May 02 2003 @ 01:34 PM EDT (#102790) #
On the nature of odd headlines ... my personal favorite came from USC's college paper, the Daily Trojan: "Student drops acid during expirement."

You can't make that stuff up.
_The Onion - Friday, May 02 2003 @ 02:30 PM EDT (#102791) #
My belief is Griffin wrote that polemic before Hudson had his 3-hit game. Then he had to recalculate O-Dog's current average, boosting it from .243 to .269. He didn't want to start from scratch with a new article!
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