Quotes About Homerun

In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.

I do know that whenever a player hits the ball out of the park, I have a sense of elation. I feel as if I had done it.

I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.

I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.

Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

I've seen few things more depressing than the end-of-season Giants-Padres series in 2001 in which Barry Bonds hit his 68th homer of the year while a .227-hitting, rapidly fossilizing Rickey Henderson staggered like a delirious marathoner toward 3,000 hits.

There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.

You're not necessarily going to sneak out many cheap ones, but the ones that are supposed to be homers are homers when you're playing at home.

To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.