I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.
I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.
I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate.
You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.
I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.
I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches.
Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.
To me, hitting the ball in the air means hitting a line drive, and I hit far more balls in the air.
I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives.
He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.
A line drive to the warning track on one pitch, I'll take that over a strikeout any day.
I see myself as a line-drive hitter first.
