The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
When I was a kid, watching All-Star week on TV, the Home Run Derby was a highlight for me.
At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.
People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren Spahn hit more than anybody.
I don't hit home runs in BP.
Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.
One and done, Home Run Derby champion. It was a cool experience. I enjoyed it all, but I don't think I really need to go out there and do it again.
I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.
You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
Baseball is better with tradition, with history. Baseball is better with fans who care.
I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!
Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?
Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54.00 ERA, the Royals get mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.
