I felt comfortable against him, and I was pretty successful. We beat them that night 2-0. I think probably that was the turning point. The shaky start, where he had to deal with failure for probably the first time in his baseball career, was a disappointment for Fuld, who had a strong fall camp, despite suffering an ankle injury. But the left-handed hitter, who was platooned early in the year because of the slump, made some adjustments in his swing, and has been on a tear ever since, hitting .611 in his last four games.
Every day s a challenge.
So many of these guys have command, there aren t too many good pitches to hit. I wish I were getting more extra-base hits. But I m not too concerned about it. At my size, it s not my job to hit home runs. In fairness to Sammy, he was sick.