PHOENIX -
Adrian Gonzalez is probably the best player in baseball today. Think about it.
Who will you be ahead of him?
During the break, Gonzo took the lead in the average number of hits.
354, side by side with Jose Reyes, RBIs (77), hit (128), doubles (29) and total base (214.
He's playing with gold gloves.
He's number one from the first base.
Three of the best teams in the US league.
Gonzalez will hit the ball for the third time tonight, and the US league will play Roy haradi at the closed chase. He was runner-
In last night's home derby
"After we gave up [top prospects] Anthony Rizzo and Kathy Kelly for him, we expected him to be fine," said Red sox 'Josh Beckett.
"But I don't think anyone expected that.
Not even our people.
"Tim linchham of the Giants is happy to get Gonzalez out of the La Liga.
"It's tough because we see him a lot," said the world champion's ace . ".
"Our advantage is that we don't have to face him at Fenway Park.
We played him in Petco and our park.
Now, he's in Boston with that wall, and he's able to use it to his power.
I always knew he was a good player.
Everyone knows.
"Like John oloud, he had a beautiful batting action that hit the ball to another venue.
He did not try to do too much with it.
He's just a natural batsman.
Gonzalez is more than 60 points higher than his career average.
"I bet he's much better than you think," says Gonzalez's former teammate Padres closer Heath Bell . ".
"When you look at the average level of your career, you have to consider the fact that the stadium and no one around him is playing him.
He got 100 of RBIs and played 30-
40 home runs without any protection.
"As pitchers, we always say, 'Why are you pitching to him?
Just go with him four times.
He's like Barry Bond.
He has been the only one who will hurt you in the past few years.
There are a few of us who are excellent batsmen, but no one will hurt you, no one will double or go to the base.
We know he's great.
Now there's someone around him.
Gonzalez, who was asked to explain the jump in his work, said, "Look at my walk.
"In 2009, Adrian led the National League with 119 walks.
He left 93 times last year.
In the first half of the season, he had 35 walks. It’s simple.
There is no place to hide when you face the Red Sox.
The pitcher has to deal with him now.
"I don't know why anyone will give him anything now, even if there are players around him," Cardinal Lance Berkman said . ".
"His swing is very beautiful.
Put this talent around him and put it in a tailor-made Stadium.
Done for this method. . .
"I don't know anyone in the baseball world was surprised by what he did.
He left the plate with a long bat, and he waited for a long time, wearing the clothes on the left --field wall out.
That's why he's a good batsman because he sees the ball for a long time and has the ability to hit the ball on the inside in another way.
This is hard to do.
"You have to go there with a game plan," Gonzalez said . ".
"When you have runners at the base, you just put the ball in.
Don't worry about home runs.
No one is at the base and you will have more control over the ball, put yourself in the position to score, or hit the home run.
If I have runners at the base, I just try to hit the ball behind the ball.
If the stadium is not there, you go.
If it's inside, look inside and pull it in.
Gonzalez is low key.
Almost deliberately bland. Spanish-
The reporter tried to get him to comment on Arizona's controversial immigration law.
Gonzalez, Mexican
Americans who won't comment
In any language
Bell missed Gonzo at the priest's club.
"He is a good teammate . "
"He didn't say that much to the pitcher, but he always spoke to the batsman.
His locker is only a few away from me.
Once he brought the 1 feet massager for everyone to use it.
He always has a lot of fun and lets everyone use all his stuff.
When football is very big, the Mexican flag will pop out.
We have Mexican bands playing every once in a while.
I don't know if you will get it in Boston.
"The Red Sox have a great legacy and all the left hand batsmen are coming --Star Games.
Ted Williams played three.
In the magical season of 1941, the National League was defeated in Detroit.
In Fenway's 46 years, Ted played four games with two fellow villagers, including the explosion at Rip Sewell's eephus Stadium.
Carl yastzemski played homer in 1975 at Tom Siver in Milwaukee, and Fred Lynn lived in the Golden Giant Egg for 79 years.
Wade Borg went deep into Anaheim in 1989.
You can win a lot of money in the bar tonight because you know the last time
Star home run hit. . . J. D.
Drawing at Yankee Stadium on 2008
It's gonzo tonight.
Dan xiaonexi is a columnist for the Earth.
He can reach dshaughnessy @. com.