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
ball expect hit home park week weeks whether
I don't expect to hit home runs. I expect to hit the ball hard. They're just going out of the park right now. Whether they will a week from now, two weeks from now, who knows?
good hit home swing trying
I just put a good swing on it. I can't really tell you why it went out of the ballpark, but it did. I wasn't trying to go up there and hit a home run, I was just trying to hit it hard.
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.
accustomed good hit home pitches strange trying
It's strange for me, power-wise. It's not something I'm accustomed to. I'm not going up trying to hit home runs. I'm just trying to get good pitches to hit and they're going out of the park. It's surprising.
attention compared deserve mentioned paying people players trust
Trust me, I've been paying attention to all of the people that I've been compared to. I don't deserve to even be mentioned with players like that.
help pace
You have to pace yourself. If you have a day off, take it as a whole day off. Just relax. That'll help in the long run.
cut looking mean pitch threw took
The pitch before cut a little bit. With the way I took it, I don't know if he took that to mean I wasn't really looking for something in there, but he threw another one.
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.
ball explain hard hitting
I don't feel like I'm doing anything differently. I couldn't explain what's going on other than I'm hitting the ball hard and they're going out of the ballpark. That's all I can tell you.
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.
maybe realize season start
Maybe when the season is over, I can realize what I did to start the season and that I did something special. Right now, it's about getting some wins.
bit defense hurt
My defense is every bit as important as my offense, because I don't want to hurt the team.
field goal middle stay
My goal is never to go pole-to-pole. My goal is to stay in the middle of the field.
blown name seeing
Yes, I would be blown away. I'm blown away seeing my name there right now.