Last Friday, Aug. 9, Susan Slusser of the SF Chronicle reported that Matt Chapman, in the middle of a 2-47 slide (during which the Oakland Athletics went 7-6), shaved his head.
Matt Chapman’s new look: pic.twitter.com/8AQjDDhT5C
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) August 9, 2019
Chapman said he didn’t do it solely because he was struggling at the plate, but that “he was hoping there was hits in it.”
And, by the grace of God, it worked: Chapman homered in his first at-bat against the White Sox on Friday and has gone 6-21 in the five games since with two bombs, one double and four runs.