That doesn't mean money can't be made from bats and balls from the recent homer-happy era.
He said it's not such a bad thing that the team is so homer-dependent.
Spacious stadiums were torn down to make way for cozy, homer-friendly retro ballparks.
John Buck and Ike Davis also connected against homer-prone Clayton Richard in the Mets' second straight romp over San Diego.
Left-handed batters John Buck and Ike Davis also connected against homer-prone lefty Clayton Richard in the Mets' second straight romp over San Diego.
And just as this generation of pitchers grew up hooked on velocity, hitters in their prime today came of age in the homer-happy steroid era.
As the pitch came in, he pulled the bat down, angled it parallel to the ground, and took a level swing a swing very different from the homer-seeking, flailing uppercut that has become standard among current players, who have produced the highest strikeout numbers in baseball history.
The low-key, aw-shucks Overbay hit a two-run homer and finished with five RBIs on Friday night, and Ichiro Suzuki also hit a two-run homer as the banged-up Yankees opened their only trip to Kansas City with an 11-6 rout of the scuffling Royals.
Prince Fielder, one of six Tigers to drive in a run, had two RBIs a day after a two-homer, five-RBI performance against the Yankees.
Prince Fielder, one of six Tigers to drive in a run, had two RBIs one day after a two-homer, five-RBI performance in an 8-3 win over New York.
He came out of the bullpen Saturday and gave up a go-ahead, three-run homer to left-handed hitter Adam LaRoche.
Harper, who has a young chocolate Labrador retriever named Swag, hit a two-run homer to right-center in the third.
He is embracing his strengths 30-homer power, 90-walk patience, Gold Glove defense and forgetting his weaknesses, on what he openly calls the backside of his career.
He remains the lone player to have a two-homer performance in an All-Star game and a World Series game.
Jamie Hoffmann and Zach Lutz each hit a two-run homer off the 27-year-old Harris, selected by St.
Toronto's Colby Rasmus had a two-run homer among his season-high four hits and robbed Yonder Alonso of a solo shot.
He gave up Ibanez's second homer, a two-run shot in the fifth, and Kyle Seager's three-run homer in the sixth.
"It's big, " said Carp, who broke out of an 0-for-21 skid on Friday night with a three-run homer in Boston's 8-1 win.
After Simmons led off the first with a line-drive homer that just cleared the left-field wall, Justin Upton reached on a one-out walk and scored on a double by Gattis.
Mantle was the greatest switch hitter in baseball history, a member of the 500-homer club back when that was an exclusive club, a multiple All Star, 3-time MVP, and a member of numerous championship teams with the New York Yankees.
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Hoffmann greeted him with a two-run homer that gave the Mets a 7-6 lead.
In the seventh inning, Dent's three-run homer put the Yankees ahead, 3-2.
Rick Ankiel's two-run homer off rookie Seth Maness (3-0) tied it in the top of the seventh and was his first against the team that converted the former left-handed pitcher to an outfielder in 2005.
The Yankees, with four of their All-Stars on the disabled list, got all the run support they needed in the second inning when Francisco Cervelli hit an RBI double and Nix followed with a two-run, two-out homer to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead.
Seattle also got runs on Dustin Ackley's RBI double in the second and Michael Morse's sixth-inning homer off former Mariners pitcher Shawn Kelley, a drive that bounced off the divider between Monument Park and the Yankees bullpen in right-center for his 10th homer this season.
Beltran slammed a three-run homer in the fifth inning, his team-high tenth, to give St.
David Wright hit a two-run homer in the fourth off Hudson (4-1), who gave up three runs on five hits and a walk in 7 1-3 innings.
Jason Heyward stole second and scored on a single by Justin Upton before Francisco went deep to right-center field for his fourth homer on a 2-2 pitch.
His only costly mistake came on Dan Uggla's two-run homer in the seventh that put Atlanta ahead 2-1.
LaRoche hit a three-run homer in the fifth that put Washington ahead 6-5.
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