But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run hitters of all time-Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays, right? When they were 39 years old, how many home runs do you think they averaged? The three greatest home run hitters of all time averaged 18 home runs at age 39. Now, how many home runs did Barry Bonds hit when he was 39? He hit 73!
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here. - Carlton Fisk
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
- Carlton Fisk
A million years went by quick. - Carlton Fisk
A million years went by quick.
But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run hitter… - Carlton Fisk
But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about steroids and you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run hitter…
I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Nev… - Carlton Fisk
I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Nev…
It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career. - Carlton Fisk
It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
But there was also a little of that thing they say about New Englanders: Being from here doesn't prevent me from doing anything, it just prevents me … - Carlton Fisk
But there was also a little of that thing they say about New Englanders: Being from here doesn't prevent me from doing anything, it just prevents me …
I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood… - Carlton Fisk
I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood…
And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it'… - Carlton Fisk
And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it'…
It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the… - Carlton Fisk
It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the…
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