When I first looked at Yaz Carl Yastrezemski as a rooker, it was obvious that he had so much talent that I told him what Lefty O'Doul told me -- 'Don't change a thing.'
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.Ted Williams
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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Every year we've gone out (to California), it's just a battle to score runs. We practice in the morning for a couple hours, play a game and then if we need to, practice again. It's like two-a-days for football. When we come back, we should know what we're going to do.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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