you forgot start of his career too, was his best stretch it may be that he gets off on the excitement factor which is why i stand behind the notion that his hitting is somewhat tied to how aggressive/exciting he is allowed to be on defense and how much of his personality is allowed to shine through. he is one of those dudes who tends to get somewhat bored (thats not really a good way to put it)/loses his mojo when he has to reign in his personality maybe he has ADHD