Last Updated on February 22, 2011 11:42 am by admin
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Andres Torres catches himself as he loses focus and begins to glance all over the room, then apologizes. Even though he can’t help it. San Francisco’s center fielder deals every day with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Diagnosed in 2002 while with Detroit, Torres didn’t begin taking medication until five years later in 2007. That has made a drastic difference – and helped him become a steady big leaguer at last.
The switch-hitting Torres toiled through parts of 12 years in the minors – eight of those at the Triple-A level – before getting his shot. He was long told that at 5-foot-10 and 190 pounds he was just too small to make it in the majors.
Until everybody found out otherwise last season with the World Series champion Giants.