To Hell and (Hopefully) Back

"It's been another learning experience. They love you when you're doing well and hate you when you're doing bad. Come next year, if I'm hitting .320, people will love me but I'll never forget these last few months, that's for sure." - Vernon WellsV-Dub's darkest hour: 2007. A .245 batting average, .304 OBP, and wretched 85 OPS+. He's done his best to replicate those numbers in 2009; the similarities are eerie. Yet in an injury-shortened 2008, Wells responded with a 129 OPS+; the third-highest of his career. He's been down this road before. Some faith. I trust that Wells will heed his own advice, and not forget these last few difficult, pain-staking, awful months. (**** off, Carlos Pena.) I trust he'll use them as motivation. Mark my words: Wells isn't finished.It ain't V-Dub against the world. It's V-Dub and me against the world.Some business: Thanks to our good friend The Ack, Aaron Hill's got a new nickname: Lig...