You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park.
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When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.
Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.
Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.
A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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.