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I'll Have What He's Having

The jetlag apparently agrees with J.D. Drew. Following close on the heels of his homer against the Hanshin Tigers on Friday, J.D. smacked a grand slam against the Yomiuri Giants on Sunday. For his outstanding performances in the Tokyo Dome, I'm naming J.D. my Baseball Boyfriend of the Day.

If it'll keep his bat hot, I propose we feed J.D. a diet of sushi all season long.

Here's video of his blast. I included J.D.'s entire at-bat and a little more of the reaction after the homeruns than is in the MLB.com video clip - mostly because it tickles me how a guy from the visiting team gets an air raid siren for his grand slam.

Bonus fun: Daisuke Matsuzaka gets a high-five in celebration of J.D.'s moon shot - and he's high-fived so hard, he's knocked over backwards onto the dugout seats. Which, of course, is re-played by the guys in the Japanese broadcast booth.

video courtesy of MLB

Comments (5)

[ jules ] says:
on March 24, 2008 9:04 AM

Great video. JD's confidence has had a great boost from his recent HRs. I do hope he has a much better year. Have you heard how his son is doing? I remember reading about him last season. That must've been very difficult. for JD.

[ Lyndsay ] says:
on March 24, 2008 9:26 AM

good for J.D.! and I like how Dice tried to play it off like that didn't just happen, he looked around like, I hope nobody saw that.

[ Lyndsay ] says:
on March 24, 2008 9:27 AM

and yes, can we get J.D. Drew on a steady diet now of sleep deprivation, sake and sushi? it seems to agree with him. either that or Japanese pitching really sucks.

[ kate ] says:
on March 24, 2008 12:10 PM

i just hope it carries over to this season w/j.d. i think his son is better but may require more surgery.

[ Liza ] says:
on March 24, 2008 7:45 PM

Dice is adorable.

And the balls the Japanese pitchers used are smaller than American balls. That's probably a factor. It's good to know Drew can perform well on little sleep, though... either that or the sushi and sake agrees with him.

Also, as far as I heard, the son is doing fine, as is the daughter his wife had like 4 days after he came home from the parade in Boston.

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