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Sox slugger Adrian Gonzalez gets set to step into the hitting cage with the birch bat that carries the name of his favorite psalm, 27:1. “I have Psalm 27:1 on my bats. I’ve been doing that for about four years. God is my light and my salvation/ whom need I fear?/ God is the fortress of my life/of whomshould I be afraid?” “It’s my favorite Bible verse. It gives me strength.” But does it help his batting average? “It’s not like that. That’s not why its on there.”
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By Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff
Sox slugger Adrian Gonzalez gets set to step into the hitting cage with the birch bat that carries the name of his favorite psalm, 27:1.

“I have Psalm 27:1 on my bats. I’ve been doing that for about four years. God is my light and my salvation/ whom need I fear?/ God is the fortress of my life/of whomshould I be afraid?”

“It’s my favorite Bible verse. It gives me strength.” But does it help his batting average? “It’s not like that. That’s not why its on there.”