In 2007, I hit 50 home runs. That was pretty cool. I never thought I'd be able to do that. At the time, I didn't even think it was that big of a deal for some reason. But now, looking back, I realize it was pretty cool.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?
I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.
I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.
It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.
I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change.
I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.