Three thousand hits is something that should stand for itself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.
Nobody should hit .200. Anybody should hit .250.
My hits are not hits.
Think about trailers you see in theaters. If you're seeing a Warner Bros film, the studio might have three of the five trailers. So having a hit helps you create the next hit.
When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand.
Three thousand, it's just a number. It's just a game.
And no, having the hits is just more work.
The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.