ARLINGTON, Texas -- Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver famously said that the key to winning in baseball was “pitching, defense and the three-run homer." Well, three-run homers are always a good thing but another way to look at it is that winning is about “pitching, defense and less-than-three-run homers ... just so long as you hit enough of them."
“Home runs are always a good thing," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.