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Article: Ellsbury better with less on his plate
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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TORONTO - Jacoby Ellsbury obsessed over why his swing produced
fewer and fewer hits. He planted himself in front of a film monitor,
trying to recapture the form that made him a sensation last fall.
His problem, Ellsbury realized, was that obsession.
Roughly two weeks ago, Ellsbury replaced overanalysis with
simplicity. He compared his swings from last year and early this
season with the ones that led to the plummeting of his batting
average. He switched components of his swing, just enough that he
felt natural again.
"To the naked eye," Ellsbury said, "you wouldn't even be able to
tell."