JACKED: Big hitters talk about the longball

The Sporting News pieced together a great article getting insight into the minds of great power hitters - Stan McNeal and Ryan Fagan asked the same questions to Harmon Killebrew (right), Ken Griffey Jr, and Frank Thomas and it is a magical piece.

Not magical like quotes from Ted Williams' head, but magical like the feeling of ball meeting wood perfectly... some favorite quote...

Are too many guys swinging for the fences at the expense of situational hitting?

Griffey: The public salivates over the long-ball. When I grew up, hitting the longball was fine, but the most important thing was to get the win. Everybody now is fascinated by the guy who can hit it 500 feet. But look back at the Big Red Machine. Let's go by the order: Pete Rose could bunt, Joe Morgan could bunt, my dad could bunt, Dave Concepcion could bunt, Cesar Geronimo. You had six out of the nine guys coming up to the plate who could manufacture runs. That's what it's about.

Chicks do not dig the sac bunt.