"It is tradition to blame the Home Run Derby if any of the contestants falls into a slump afterward, as though the act of hitting a baseball for distance somehow ruins a player's ability to hit one over the second baseman's head for a single.

Adrian Gonzalez doesn't buy it.

The Red Sox star was hitless in four at-bats last night in a 6-2 loss against the Baltimore Orioles, leaving him 2 for 24 since returning from the All-Star Game and his second-place finish in the Derby."