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
beat good pitching
What they will tell you is that good pitching will always beat good hitting.
april balls explain flying special
I'm not going to lie, April was a special month. I can't explain it. I don't know why, all of a sudden, balls were flying out of the ballpark.
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.
accustomed good hit home pitches strange trying
It's strange for me, power-wise. It's not something I'm accustomed to. I'm not going up trying to hit home runs. I'm just trying to get good pitches to hit and they're going out of the park. It's surprising.
remind
Sometimes I had to remind him I was just his boy, his son, and not some big-leaguer, not anything special.
dreams shows wildest
I didn't think in my wildest dreams I'd be on any of these shows or be doing any of this like I am. I mean, it's fun, but it's kind of overwhelming and kind of shocking.
instant
It's instant feedback. You can see things right away.
striking
I'm striking out way too much. I'm not making any adjustments, either.
anyway ballgame control everyday hard help improve playing possible team trying win
I can control going out and playing hard everyday and trying to improve myself, and Carlos is the same way. I can't control what Carlos does. If we're in a ballgame and he's there, I want to try to help him anyway possible and try to help the team win and I know it's the same way with him.
tells
I just think that if we play the way he tells us to play, we'll win.
learn listen
To learn and listen to him was something I'll never forget.
blown name seeing
Yes, I would be blown away. I'm blown away seeing my name there right now.