A franchise player, to me, is a guy like Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken, a guy who's been in one organization through their entire career.
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Just because I made it look easy doesn't mean that it was and you don't work hard and become a Hall of Famer without working day in and day out.
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I came up as a number 2 hitter. My first year I hit 16 homers, and I was like, Whoa, I'm rollin'!
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I was just putting way too much pressure on myself. I was just trying to get that validation from my dad. It got so bad I remember my high school coach telling him not to show up to games.
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My dad had a 'fro, and I didn't. So I wore his hat and it always hit me in the face, so I just turned it around and it just stuck. It wasn't like I was trying to be a tough guy or change the way that baseball is played. It was just that my dad wore a size 7 1/2, and I had a 6 1/4. It was just too big.
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I've been swinging the same way since I was born. It's always worked.
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