Actually, the more I think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Last year, with Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre in the middle of the lineup, this team was significantly more right-handed and Ortiz was that one big LH bat, so lefthanded pitchers pitched around him. This year, with all those LHH, he's getting a lot more pitches, and he's seriously taking advantage of it, and that probably shows why he and JD Drew hit so poorly against LHP last year.