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Billy Butler
American
Athlete
Born:
Apr 18
,
1986
Always
Been
Game
Going
Good
You
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You get a new year, you get a new start, you get a new opportunity.
Billy Butler
You
Opportunity
Year
New
Get
New Year
Start
If I could be half of what Mike Sweeney was, I'll be happy with it.
Billy Butler
Be Happy
Happy
Half
Could
If I Could
Mike
I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.
Billy Butler
Consistently
Finding
Above
Catching
Between
Hit
Going
Anything
Anywhere
Holes
Breaks
In 2012, everything was going right.
Billy Butler
Everything
Going
Right
I'm not here to be mediocre.
Billy Butler
Here
Mediocre
You have so many at-bats, and obviously if you go three out of 10, you're doing well for the season, so you try to forget every at-bat you have that's not a good one and try to stay positive.
Billy Butler
Positive
Good
You
Try
Three
Every
Out
Stay
Obviously
Well
Doing
Go
Forget
Many
Season
I love everything about Kansas City.
Billy Butler
Love
Everything
City
About
Kansas
Kansas City
I want the pitcher to know he can't take a pitch off, or I'm going to damage him.
Billy Butler
Take
He
Know
Him
Off
Pitch
Going
Pitcher
Want
Damage
I definitely enjoy my barbecue.
Billy Butler
Enjoy
Definitely
Barbecue
Even the smallest gesture can make a huge difference.
Billy Butler
Gesture
Smallest
Make
Huge
Huge Difference
Difference
Even
Being a major-league baseball player is tough, so whenever you say 'face of the franchise,' I'm not trying to be that.
Billy Butler
You
Face
Tough
Franchise
Say
Trying
Whenever
Being
Baseball
Baseball Player
Player
You can't really explain why things happen.
Billy Butler
You
Happen
Explain
Really
Why
Things
Things Happen
The questions don't happen when you hit 30 homers, right? If you hit 30 home runs, you hit 40 doubles, I don't think anybody questions your conditioning or your offseason program.
Billy Butler
Home
You
Think
Runs
Conditioning
Questions
Hit
Anybody
Happen
Doubles
Your
Home Runs
Right
Program
I've always had a bigger body, even when I was 18.
Billy Butler
Had
Always
Bigger
Body
Even
K.C. and the Bay Area are opposites.
Billy Butler
Opposites
Bay
Bay Area
Area
If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.
Billy Butler
You
Would
Vital
Some
Point
Never
He
Days
Until
Doing
Motivate
Up
Younger
Realize
Your
Dad
Baseball
Actually
Kept
When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.
Billy Butler
Work
Day
Me
You
Every Day
Old
Every
Else
Kid
Point
Throw
Pushed
He
Cage
Until
Make
Him
Because
Go
Years
Up
Just
Want
Anymore
Wanted
Anything
Anything Else
Turned
Even
Dad
Keep
Play
Playing
Needed
There's always times when, the organization, we're losing 90 games at a time, and it always feels like we're developing players. But you just continue to grind and continue to do your job.
Billy Butler
Time
You
Losing
Organization
Job
Developing
Feels
Like
Always
Continue
Times
Just
Grind
Your
Games
Players
I have been an everyday player my whole career.
Billy Butler
Everyday
Been
Whole
Player
Career
I'm a redneck.
Billy Butler
Redneck
I expect to always do well. It's the kind of competitiveness in me. I'm not here to try to just be mediocre.
Billy Butler
Me
Try
Just Be
Kind
Well
Always
Expect
Just
Here
Competitiveness
Mediocre
The key to hitting a lot of home runs as a player at Kauffman Stadium is that you'd better run into some on the road.
Billy Butler
Home
You
Key
Better
Run
Runs
Some
Road
Lot
Hitting
Stadium
Home Runs
Player
You're only as good as what you've been. You can't rely on the past.
Billy Butler
Good
You
Past
Only
Rely
Been
That - 2012 - was definitely my best year, and sometimes it's hard to replicate that.
Billy Butler
Best
Sometimes
Year
Definitely
Replicate
Hard
That's the thing about pinch-hitting - you usually have a chance to make a difference in the game.
Billy Butler
You
Game
About
Make
Make A Difference
Difference
Thing
Chance
I just don't like to talk about my personal success against somebody.
Billy Butler
Success
Somebody
About
Like
Talk
Personal
Just
Against
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