Rod Carew Quotes

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"Hitting is an art, but not an exact science." - Rod Carew

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"(Calvin) Griffith is horse spit. They (the Twins) are penny pinchers. They take everything they can get and give nothing in return."

"Hitting is an art, but not an exact science." Source: Heavy Hitters (Bill Gutman)

"I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh." Source: New York Daily News (July 25, 1979)

"There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet and cheers. But, I also remember how much fun I had as a skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a quiet, dusty street in Panama."

"There was a point at which I thought I'd never get the most valuable player, especially the years I played at Minnesota. We never won a pennant there, we were far away from the big media centers of Los Angeles and New York, and I wasn't a flashy power hitter but a guy who hit to spots, who bunted and stole bases."

"The way they dress here (California), your head is always in the stands. All those bikinis, your eyes get tired."

"Your first hit in the majors — that's tops. It means you're on your way. When you get the first hit, then you can get the rest."

"Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I throw him, and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hits my grease. He sees the ball so well, I guess he can pick out the dry side." - Gaylord Perry

"He has an uncanny ability to move the ball around as if the bat were some kind of magic wand." - Ken Holtzman

"He's the only guy I know who can go four for three." - Alan Bannister

"I taught him how to steal home. That's all I ever taught him. As for hitting, he knew how to do that all by himself." - Billy Martin

"There are a number of guys who know how to steal as well as Rod (Carew), but there's nobody alive who can turn a single into a double or a double into a triple the way Rod can." - Frank Quilici

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Rod Carew is one of the elite members of the 3,000 Hits Club and the only one from Panama. Review bios of other club member and see if ANY others were even born outside the United States.

Did you know that Rod Carew has won more batting titles than any other player in the American League except for Ty Cobb?

Rod Carew won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1977 and was named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. Click his name to learn even more about this legendary player.