We all know the ascension from Pittsburgh to Toronto, but there are some neat tidbits and back stories that will make you understand Jose more as a person. Also gives credit to Cito and Dwayne Murphy for changing his swing/approach.
Jose Bautista always got A's in classes that involved math. Algebra, geometry, chemistry, physics: the discipline never mattered. His mind worked like a calculator. Bautista took English lessons as an 8-year-old in the Dominican Republic, and eventually he learned the language, but he preferred the earnestness of numbers. They never lied to him.
In his free time, Bautista reads books on exceptionality. "I'm trying to understand why mediocre people become good at what they do," he says, "and why good people become the best." So he mixes other players' post-career musings on success with real mental protein. He's gotten into Malcolm Gladwell. He recently finished "Outliers."
http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201106/number-crusher-how-blue-jays-slugger-jose-bautista-experimented-his-way-greatness
