When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers

If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit-and-run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light on the dugout camera.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college