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BOSTON (AP) - David Ortiz's vision has checked out very well as the Boston Red Sox try to help him out of his season-long slump.

The designated hitter received drops for dry eyes Monday, team spokesperson Pam Ganley said. Ortiz has two homers and 22 RBIs with a .197 batting average in 51 games. He has been dropped from the third to the sixth spot in the lineup, but has hit better recently.

He has a six-game hitting streak with seven hits in 25 at-bats, raising his average from .185.
The Red Sox also said center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury is day-to-day after tests showed no structural damage in his right shoulder.

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Barry L. Seiller, MD said:

Ortiz may be suffering from a lack of visual confidence precipitated by a deficiency in one of his visual skill areas. These skills are not typically evaluated by the team's eye doctor.

A number of MLB teams are using newly developed software to evalaute and train these skills that are a small but critical component to a hitters success.
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See article article about Mariners Russel Branyan
Seattle Times May 11 2009 to see how this approach works.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2009208076&zsection_id=2002990524&slug=mari12&date=20090511

Link | June 9, 2009 11:34 PM
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