Found August 07, 2008 on Lansdowne 9:
After last night's preponderance over the Kansas City Royals, you can bet Jacoby Ellsbury was flexing his muscles in the clubhouse mirror, aspiring to look like Arnold before his 6th run at Mr. Olympia in South Africa. It was Ellsbury's towering 3-run blast that helped spur the 8-2 Red Sox victory. For the past couple months, Ellsbury has been sleeping with the fishes. During the hiatus, from June 1 - August 2, we witnessed his batting average drop from .298 to .258. In that time-frame, he stole just 9 bases. As the post-Manny era began last week, Ellsbury's resurgance could not have come at a better time. Two nights ago he stole his first base since July 1 and last night came a rare home run for the young Oregon native ? his first off a southpaw in his career. Ellsbury's last home run came on June 15th during an interleague game with the Cincinatti Reds. He cracked that home run off Homer Bailey, the Bronson Arroyo, Jered Weaver, and Tim Lincescum look-a-li...
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