Nelson Cruz has been where Fernando Tatis Jr. finds himself, mired in the humiliating purgatory of a lengthy performance-enhancing drug suspension due to wreckage of his own making.
He's faced the boos, the uncomfortable stares, the unspoken words of wounded teammates. He's looked out at an uncertain, cratered road without a discernible horizon.
Cruz, double dipping as a player and GM for the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic team, understands that putting your head down while producing again and again and again represents tiny first steps.
