WaPo: Cristian Guzmán Reemerges in ‘08 (RR)

Which is probably the greatest reemergence since bloated Insp. Dan Clay sucked in all that wormdirt!

On Sept. 1, 2005, Guzmán was hitting .195. After yesterday’s 4-for-5 performance—one that delivered the Nationals’ fifth win in their last six games—the shortstop is hitting .303. Why even bring up the past?

“That’s three years ago,” Guzmán said. “Why do I have to think about 2005? We’re in 2008. Let’s think about 2008.”

It is, of course, so much more palatable. Guzmán has undergone two career-altering surgeries since the nadir of his career, the first to fix his shoulder, the second a Lasik procedure to fix his eyesight. That one he considers more important, and the evidence could be in his 46-game stint last season, when he hit .328.

“For me, I think that’s the biggest, my eyes,” he said.

...“He’s healthy,” Manager Manny Acta said. “He’s not walking a lot. But just being healthy, having that [eye] surgery a couple of years ago, he’s making better contact and really enjoying the game.”