Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.
The old saying was, 'Boggs never drives in any runs.' I played in 155 games. I led off. That's 155 plate appearance where I come up with nobody on.
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.
I want to get on base every single time I get up there. Whether it's a walk or a base hit, I really don't care how I want to get on base. I just want to be on.
The only way you can get a hit is if you take a swing.
It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'
I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.
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.
I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.
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.
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
Each time I go back to bat, I will want to get more and more runs.
There's definitely more pressure to get the first hit when you are 0-for-8 to start the year.
