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Pennant races drain the energy from the best of them. Old-fashioned baseball races are to me the most grueling daily test in any sport. Gotta keep coming out, every day, in the face of looming disaster.

I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.

If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.

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.

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.