They took a baseball bat and whacked open his head. Mummy Boy fell to the ground; he finally was dead. Inside of his head were no candy or prizes, just a few stray beetles of various sizes.
I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.
Sourav's calm and assured presence sets him apart. His captaincy is of a high order but he bats sensibly and reads situations well. I hope Sourav too becomes a World Cup wining captain.
When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.
To me playing third base and left field and moving all over the place, it doesn't bother me because I still have to grab that bat and hit no matter where I play.
I will leave this shining life of cricket very soon. This bat and ball won't save Shahid Afridi in Grave
I go game to game, at-bat to at-bat. That's my way.
I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips.
I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.
Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything.
The first question that comes out of everybody's mouth, 'Did you bite the head off a bat?' And I did, so, next. "
Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself.
I use my single windup, my double windup, my triple windup, my hesitation windup, my no windup. I also use my step-n-pitch-it, my submariner, my sidearmer and my bat dodger. Man's got to do what he's got to do.
Throw in the towel right off the bat. Women argue in ways that aren't rational to men.
I remember when we were doing the first Dragon's Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes.
Derek Randall bats like an octopus with piles
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
I don't know how I'm gonna pick up a bat again. I just need to be away for a bit and play with my dogs.
We had some pretty good at-bats off Carpenter. We just couldn't find any holes. That's the way it goes sometimes. We were able to get some guys on but weren't able to get them in early. We did some little things right, we got some guys on, we got some walks. We take it one batter at a time and everybody tries to stay within their own limitations. We did that, we just didn't get the big hit to get them in.
Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.