#home run

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball. ↗

— George Herman

#hard #hit #home #home runs #how

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run. ↗

— George Herman

#hit #home #home run #i #only

I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and thought I'd be remembered forever. Now, I'll have to throw him another. ↗

— Bill Lee

#another #deciding #forever #hank #hank aaron

Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue. ↗

— Jay Leno

#asked #baseball #because #during #fact

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

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

— John Guare

#beautiful #beautiful home #city #does #hit

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

— Frankie Avalon

#everything #hitting #home #home run #kids

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#bat #billy #brett #fighting #game

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#ever #every #every time #hit #home

In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game. ↗

— Bobby Thomson

#every #expected #famous #game #guys