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September 22, 2012 BP UnfilteredAn Update on Curtis Granderson's Non-Home Run Hitting"On Saturday night, Granderson insisted that he’s not a home run hitter."—ESPN New York, 5/22/11 "Incredibly, the speedy center fielder still refuses to call himself a home run hitter."—ESPN New York, 8/11/11 "Curtis Granderson said it again last night. He said he’s not a home run hitter."—LoHud Yankees Blog, 6/2/12 "Granderson… still claims that he is not a home run hitter."—The New York Times, 6/13/12 Most HR, 2011-2012
Highest Percentage of Hits That Are HR, 2012
"So how can he still say he’s not a home run hitter? 'Math is just crazy like that,' Granderson said."—Lohud Yankees Blog, 6/14/12
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He doesn't look like a home run hitter - not like Miguel Cabrera. He doesn't play a home run hitter's position traditionally. He had a substantial career until recently as a guy who one would not think of as a home run hitter - although he did set some sort of modern record for hitting triples.
It's probably good that he doesn't consider himself one - in that it is better to not feel too much pressure to hit one. There is probably a little added pressure on every Yankee, anyway.
Yes--it's possible that Granderson's insistence that he's not a home run hitter is in some way helping him hit home runs, in which case he should continue not to think of himself that way.