Terry Ryan Quotes on Home (2 Quotes)

He's got a history of power. His average amount of home runs would lead our team. We feel pretty good about this move overall.

First off, we're always young. We're one of the youngest teams in the game every year. Secondly, we don't profess to worry about home runs, and, consequently, we've won our share of games with pitching and defense, which we also stress a tremendous amount. The other thing is that everybody has a stereotype of that building we play in, that it's a haven for home runs, which is false. It isn't a homer dome. Those days are gone since about '87 when we had four or five guys that did hit a bunch of them.