First baseman Chris Davis' three-run home run Thursday night traveled about 430 feet, but he said after the Orioles' 5-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays that he didn't get all of it.
He definitely got enough, but he wasn't strutting around after teaming with Jonathan Schoop to drive in all five Orioles runs.
"It did" feel good, he said. "There were a couple of pitches in my other two at-bats, but being this early, the biggest thing for me is getting my timing down. I feel like I'm seeing the ball well, but it's a timing thing — missing pitches that you should drive because you're late and taking pitches that you should drive because you're too early."
Davis was asked whether getting off to a fast start this spring is particularly important to him after the unhappy way last season ended for him.
"No, I think there's an importance for everybody,'' he said. "We all have things we need to work on. The biggest thing for me is to continue what I've done in the past that has made me successful, and really, stay healthy.
"It's funny, because it's spring training, the first couple games you only play five or six innings, and you almost kind of want to play nine once you get out there and start moving around, but you have to pace yourself. Buck knows exactly what he's doing. He's been around the game long enough to know what guys need and when to give them a blow."