Bob Melvin Quotes on Home (6 Quotes)

I saw it hit whatever and bounce up in the air, and Klesko obviously thought it was a home run. But they said maybe it hit behind the pad on concrete. So they should do something about that.

He smoked a couple of balls (Monday) night. That's what we expect out of him. He hits a lot of doubles and drives a lot of balls to the gap. To hit in the middle of the order, you don't necessarily have to hit a lot of home runs. You just need to be able to drive in runs, and he has that capacity.

I think he was tested pretty good, especially when you're coming across the bag from shortstop and have to kind of throw off balance the other way going home. He let it go pretty good.

He got off to a tough start. And having that big contract, pitching at home, can sometimes weigh on you. I don't think he'd admit that, but you really want to start things right, especially being back home, with a new team. And that didn't happen for him.

These kind of games like this, when you get the crowd that we did, you really want to win those games, you want to set a tone. We didn't play very well at home last year, we played much better on the road, so you want to get your fans behind you, have a nice exciting day that you win. We just fell a little bit short.

Arizona Troy Glaus hit his 33rd and 34th homers off sinkerball pitcher Aaron Cook. He makes it hard on a lowball pitcher, because he is a good lowball hitter, ... He can lift the ball with the arc that he does and the strength he has can hit a home run.