Hitting Streak Quotes

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

A Home Run Derby is fun. It's just like taking batting practice, and you just want to go deep. Guys do it every day. Yes, there's a little more pressure when they pull that cage back, but if you practice properly, it shouldn't affect the second half of your season at all.

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.

I've faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.

I don't hit home runs in BP.

If a hitter gets hot, I wouldn't take a hot hitter out of the lineup.

The Padres are really swinging some hot hats tonight!

You always want to get at-bats. You always want to contribute.

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

I just try to be the same guy each and every day and just do something when we're hitting or make a nice defensive play or run the bases. Just trying to be consistent in that way.

Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.

Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.

I love to talk about hitting. It's a passion of mine.

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

It's hard enough to get four hits in a Major League Baseball game, yet alone have them all be the right ones and the right sequence.

If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.

You can struggle for a little while. It's going to happen. If a guy hits .200 for a while, it doesn't mean he's a .200 hitter.

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.

Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken Griffey Sr. was as good a two-place hitter as there has ever been in the game, and Cesar Geronimo won four Gold Glove awards. I mean, how could you ask for a better team?

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.