Until now, it just didn’t feel right. The weather was actually kind of nice. And Ozuna was a slapper of singles. But Monday night’s uncoiling of his great swing, which rocketed a baseball into the moths and into the night, was another sign of summer like it “oughta” be — and summer like we thought it would be.
On May 10, it was wondered in this column space the consequences of a paltry summer from Ozuna. The headline screamed: “Cards have no alternative to Ozuna.” The reality explained was simple — other Cardinal struggles could be masked, but not those of the cleanup hitter, the guy they got to create offense.