#home run

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#baseball #exciting #fans #games #home

Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I want someone to have more RBI than me? No. I get a kick out of seeing the all-time leaders and my name's on top of every one, with the exception of strikeouts. I get a kick out of that. ↗

— George Brett

#every #exception #get #hit #hits

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands. ↗

— Lefty Gomez

#ball #bat #bearings #briefly #did

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs. ↗

— John Guare

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In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base. ↗

— Ken Harrelson

#baseball #cares #everything #fence #golf

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. ↗

— Roger Maris

#hit #home #home runs #preparation #runs

After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket. ↗

— Hank Sauer

#began #fans #field #hit #home

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#attendance #back #baseball #blind #blind eye

These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run. ↗

— Frankie Avalon

#everything #hitting #home #home run #kids

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#alone #baseball #hit #home #home run