You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.
All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.
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 triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.
I don't go up there and try to hit home runs.
Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.
My job has usually been to get on base so others can drive me in.
I may not hit 50, 40 or 30 home runs, but I can do the little things like moving runners over that don't show up in the box score.
