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June 11, 2008
By STEVEN KRASNER
Journal Sports Writer
BOSTON -- In the movie, "The Natural," the main character, played by Robert Redford, breaks his bat, nicknamed "Wonderboy." There was concern his hot-hitting luck would disappear with the splintered "Wonderboy."
Last night, hot-hitting J.D. Drew shattered his bat on a soft liner to shortstop in the fifth inning. Was that the end of his magic?
Drew didn't think so.
"It is of no consequence. It's not the arrow that's the difference," said Drew with a chuckle.
Drew, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a run-scoring double over the first-base bag in the first inning, is batting .500 (16 for 32) with five homers, four doubles, a triple and 13 RBI over that stretch. He said he doesn't recall if all of that damage was done with the bat that shattered last night.
"I don't know how long I was using that bat. II usually use a bat until it breaks, but I have no idea the last time I broke a bat," said Drew.
In his final at-bat last night, a new piece of ash in his hands, Drew walked in the seventh.
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