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
continue defensive
I continue to go out there and work, and I want to become one of the better defensive first basemen in the league.
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,
biggest feels fun good happened looking personal sure today wrong
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.
area far good hit pitch quite spot swing
He didn't get it in as far as the first one. I just put a good swing on it. I can't quite tell you why it went out of the ballpark, but the pitch was in a good spot for me. It was in an area where I could hit it hard.
field goal middle stay
My goal is never to go pole-to-pole. My goal is to stay in the middle of the field.
catch expecting grass skip
I was expecting it to skip off the grass faster. If I catch it, the inning is over.
played says
If he says we played bad, we played bad. He's the boss.
jim spring
Same Jim Leyland as he was in Spring Training.
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.
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I heard that. As soon as he hit it, the place went silent so you could hear it for a little while.
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.
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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?
biggest
You know what he's done. That's the biggest thing.