David Ortiz Is No Longer "Good"

Big win for the Sox yesterday, with early Cy Young front-runner Tim Wakefield coming up big with a no-hit bid. JD Drew also showed some signs of life, as did pretty much everyone in the lineup (Jason Bay has been absolutely raking so far; his OBP is up around .500). David "Large Father" Ortiz even decided to get a hit, as he laced a rocket down the right field line for a double in the big eighth inning rally.
Unfortunately for Papi, it was his only hit of the day, and his average sits at .176 with an even more feeble .206 slugging percentage. The statistical struggles are just one thing, as our friend Buster Olney points out:

It's early, of course, and there are weeks and months left for Ortiz to find his Big Papi opposite-field power stroke that made him one of the most feared hitters in baseball. But here's the part that has to concern the Red Sox: He looks as bad as his numbers indicate. Opposing talent evaluators are stunned by the regression in his bat speed, by how different a hitter he seems to be as compared to what he was in his prime.

Anyone who has watched the team over the past two seasons has noticed Papi's drastic drop in production/ability, and it's been pretty obvious: he's late on fastballs (he swung through an 87-mph offering yesterday), he's rolling over off-speed pitches into the shift, and he rarely takes anything to the opposite field with any authority. Obviously it's still early, but all indications are that Big Papi should probably change his name to Big Grandpapi sometime soon (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!).
No but really, this sucks.