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His uncharacteristic lack of focus feels odd to me too. Then I realize that if the west coast had been recently decimated by natural disasters and ongoing tragedies surrounding nuclear plants I'd be hard-pressed to focus at work too.
His homeland has just gone through devastation of unimaginable proportion, putting baseball into its proper perpsective, which is as I've read you write after all, "the toy section". I'm happy he's found enough peace of mind to lace them up and run out there. (The M's fan in me also hopes his mind gets a bit less clouded ;) )