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
chew drink pop red tasted
I don't drink Red Bull. I don't drink red pop. I do chew Big Red gum. I've tasted red pop and it wasn't for me.
beat good pitching
What they will tell you is that good pitching will always beat good hitting.
blown name seeing
Yes, I would be blown away. I'm blown away seeing my name there right now.
asked dave early forward happy looking report
Our GM, Dave Dombrowski, called me and asked to report early and I was happy to do it. I'm really looking forward to getting started.
catch expecting grass skip
I was expecting it to skip off the grass faster. If I catch it, the inning is over.
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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.
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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,
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.
ball either hitting striking
I'm striking out way too much. I'm either hitting the ball out of the park, getting an extra-base hit - or I'm striking out.
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.
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I remember watching him when I was growing up. Just to watch him go about his business was huge.
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People, almost daily, complain about our lack of computers with Internet.