FP seems like he was infatuated with his hitting stats when he played. Constantly talking about "once you get a hit the pressure is off you" and "the difference between 0-3 vs. 1-4 is huge," etc.
I've noticed the same thing. Odd thing. I'm watching the Mets broadcast...Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling don't talk that way. Just now, Gary Cohen and Darling were telling stories about "the last time someone hit for the cycle on July 4th". That was Hernandez, but the story turned to the end of that game...19 inning game in Atlanta, ended at 4am. Darling remembers that Davey Johnson was throw out of the game about the 17th inning, and, of course, hung around until the end..."
