Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.
The old saying was, 'Boggs never drives in any runs.' I played in 155 games. I led off. That's 155 plate appearance where I come up with nobody on.
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.
I want to get on base every single time I get up there. Whether it's a walk or a base hit, I really don't care how I want to get on base. I just want to be on.
The only way you can get a hit is if you take a swing.
It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'
I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.
It's hard enough to get four hits in a Major League Baseball game, yet alone have them all be the right ones and the right sequence.
I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.
You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
Each time I go back to bat, I will want to get more and more runs.
When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.
There's definitely more pressure to get the first hit when you are 0-for-8 to start the year.
