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It was a label "home-run hitter" that he was loath to accept but he couldn't escape, and he acknowledged Thursday that he is a better player for the transformation.

N.Y. Curtis vs. Detroit Curtis Mike Sielski 2011

Arizona is deep at running back — with Keola Antolin, Greg Nwoko, Daniel Jenkins and Taimi Tutogi — but Grigsby is the true home-run threat.

Around the Pac-10 Conference 2010

He hit 714 home runs in his career, and for almost four decades, he held the major league lifetime home-run record.

Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011

You see, way before Babe Ruth became the lifetime home-run leader, he saw himself as successful.

Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011

At a wiry 194 pounds, Curtis Granderson doesn't think of himself as a home-run hitter.

Curtis Granderson Could Slug 40—Really Daniel Barbarisi 2011

Gus Zernial, 87, a powerful slugger who was one of baseball's leading home-run hitters of the 1950s, died Jan. 20 of congestive heart failure at a hospice in Fresno, Calif.

Of note: Gus Zernial, Theoni V. Aldredge, John Ross, Gordon Murray Post 2011

The home-run pitch to Nix, he said, wasn't that bad—an 85-mph changeup, low and away.

Mets Implode in Extra Innings Mike Sielski 2011

While ESPN used to take a tedious 30 seconds to figure out final home-run distances, viewers now will get them instantly — and calculations of how far homers would have gone if not inconveniently impeded by a stadium.

ESPN adds new graphics for Home Run Derby coverage 2009

In four of the next five seasons, Mr. Zernial was among the league's top five home-run hitters.

Of note: Gus Zernial, Theoni V. Aldredge, John Ross, Gordon Murray Post 2011

Reinfeldt hit a home run by picking this home-run hitter, arguably now the game's most dangerous back.

Ranking the decision makers: Who is best at the NFL draft? 2010