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?
head shaking walked
That's why I was shaking my head as I walked away.
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.
asked dave early forward happy looking report
Our GM, Dave Dombrowski, called me and asked to report early and I was happy to do it. I'm really looking forward to getting started.
business growing remember watching
I remember watching him when I was growing up. Just to watch him go about his business was huge.
almost complain computers lack
People, almost daily, complain about our lack of computers with Internet.
attention gonna guy prepare single talent work
I've never been the guy who had all the talent and could take a day off here and there. I've had to work and prepare myself every single day. All this attention is new to me. I'm gonna have to get used to it, if I keep this up.
bad good instant swing top
It's instant feedback. You can see things right away. You can put a bad swing on top of a good swing, and you can compare.
definitely
I can definitely see why he's such a coveted player.
attention feels paid turn unreal
I'm not going to lie. I've paid attention to that a little bit. When you turn on the TV, that's all you see. It feels unreal to put me with all those names.
ball beats good hit hits needed pitching third
The thing is, good pitching always beats good hitting. Unfortunately, Dmitri (Young) stole third and we had one out, all I had to do was hit the ball to the outfield. I couldn't get it done. We just didn't get the big hits when we needed to.
chicago huge yankees
He's nasty. That's why the Yankees went and got him and that's why Chicago has him now. He's going to be huge for them in the playoffs.
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.
aspect biggest game improve obviously ready team
The biggest part is to come out here and try to improve myself in every aspect of the game and try to get myself ready for the season. Obviously I want to come in here and make the team and we'll just go from there.