Chris Shelton
Chris Shelton
Christopher Bob Sheltonis a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners over his 5-year major league career. Shelton is the cousin of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1980
happened hit home time tried
I've never tried to hit a home run. Every time I hit one, I just say to myself, 'There's no way that just happened again.' It's mind-blowing.
jim spring
Same Jim Leyland as he was in Spring Training.
attention gonna guy prepare single talent work
I've never been the guy who had all the talent and could take a day off here and there. I've had to work and prepare myself every single day. All this attention is new to me. I'm gonna have to get used to it, if I keep this up.
clubhouse last playing problems thinks trouble
Everyone thinks the clubhouse had problems last year. We didn't have problems. It was just frustration because we weren't playing well. That's when trouble starts.
might work worth
Yeah, it might work just one time, but if or when it does, it will be worth it.
chip everybody given guys people protected prove shoulder success telling
I wasn't surprised. I was more disappointed that they only protected 37 guys on their roster. All of my success is predicated on everybody telling me I can't do this or that. It's given me a chip on my shoulder to prove people wrong.
catch expecting grass skip
I was expecting it to skip off the grass faster. If I catch it, the inning is over.
biggest feels fun good happened looking personal sure today wrong
It feels good and it's fun. The biggest thing is we got to go out there and make sure that we get wins. If I'm going out there looking for personal numbers, that's the wrong thing. We need wins, and today what happened got us a win.
continue enjoy everybody feels maybe realize sit start throughout
It feels unreal. You put me in with all these names, you put me with everybody else ? maybe when the season's over, I can sit back and really realize what I did to start the season, and hopefully, I can continue to enjoy that throughout the season.
biggest learn length pace season understand
I think once you understand the length of the season and what happens, the biggest thing is you have to learn to pace yourself,
anybody anywhere continue felt hitting last matter plenty puts sign though wherever year
You can go though this lineup and put anybody anywhere, really, if you wanted to. I'm not going to lie, I feel really comfortable hitting third. But I'll continue to go wherever he puts me. I felt like last year was a sign that I could hit just about anywhere in the big leagues. I hit second, third, hit fifth, it doesn't really matter to me. As long as I'm in there, I don't care. There's going to be plenty to go around in this lineup.
ballpark body
You just have to look at me. There's no way. If you come to the ballpark and you look at me in person, you could tell I'm not on steroids. I don't have the body to be on steroids, that's for sure.
along expect hits july month special
July was a special month -- those don't come along all the time. You can't expect 40 hits a month the whole season, as much as you'd like to see it happen.
striking
I'm striking out way too much. I'm not making any adjustments, either.