Jason Bay hit the wall in Dodger Stadium hard and made a great catch. A couple of days later he was done for the season, and when he returned this year it was like someone had switched him off. He struggled, was dropped in the order, failed to have an extra base hit for weeks, and watched his average plummet. Then he started to get some more hits, and the occasional home run. He was drawing more walks. Then he made another amazing catch and hit the wall in Dodger Stadium.
One of the first things they ask you when you call a tech repair shop for service on your computer is, “Is it switched on?” No one thought to ask that of Jason Bay this season. Then Bay hit the wall, and his switch went back on. Guys back in the clubhouse hung their heads in shame and said to themselves, “Why didn’t I think of that?” and Jason Bay hit two home runs and drove in four runs in a 6-0 rout of the Dodgers.
It was also Jason Bay’s 155th game as a Met, which would probably be more than he would’ve played in his first season as a Met. Perhaps he’s just safely past his ‘first year in NY’ slump, and back to being a good baseball player.
