But then--perhaps because all the publicity caused pitchers to look for his weak spots or perhaps because he was unaccustomed to the day-in-day-out pace of professional baseball--he became physically and mentally exhausted and not only stopped smashing home runs but stopped getting hits at all. He was frequently striking out.
然而，也可能是鋒芒太露，引起各隊投手處心積慮攻其弱點，也可能是不適應職棒馬不停蹄的比賽方式，身心俱疲之下，呂明賜不只暫停製造全壘打，而且打擊不振，三振連連。