Depressing

I was poking around on hit tracker online (hittrackeronline.com) and looking at various homerun distances and paths, when I came across this depressing tidbit. David Ortiz is 2nd in the AL in "lucky" homeruns - a home run that would not have cleared the fence on a calm 70 degree day. These can be influenced by parks though - so a lucky home run in Petco can still be a massive home run. Sadly, that isn't the case for Ortiz. His home run tonight (part of a "big" game, according to the broadcasters - 2/3 with a solo home run) hit the Pesky Pole. It would only have been a home run at Fenway Park and traveled a depressing 311 feet. His first homerun, also hit at home, was to center field, but was aided by a strong tailwind that added 16 feet of distance. On a calm, 70 degree day that ball would have been a homerun in 0 of the 30 major league ballparks. The nice cherry on top to his inability to drive major league pitching is that he hasn't pulled a single double at home this year. The 7 doubles that he has hit at Fenway have all been off the Monster or in the left field gap. And it isn't as if he's hitting balls that are getting caught in the large right field. Ortiz has hit no balls to RF over 300 ft that became an out. He has hit two over 350 - one to right center and the other to left center. Although the Sox are still leading the AL East, at some point you have to wonder if they'll make a move for another bat, or upgrade shortstop by adding someone like JJ Hardy.