I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.
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.
I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.
I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.
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.
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.
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.