(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I had been using a long, skinny stick and Cramer got me a thicker one.
When I'm at bat, I'm in scoring position.
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to see (a film), I want to be surprised. I want to see something I never expected. And when you get that, it should be celebrated.
Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
When I find the motherfucker who tortured an innocent cat to death just to send us a warning, I'm going to clobber him with a baseball bat
If I see MS Dhoni coming to bat at number 4, I will be the happiest person on earth
For me, fielding is everything - it is a passion that comes from within. You can get a bad ball while you bat, and your bowling may not always be up there, but you are completely in control of how well you field.
Tara (Lipinski) got out there like a bat out of hell and skated her guts out. Michelle skated very well, but she skated conservatively. She skated great, just not fantastic. That was the difference.
Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the other greats. Analyzing Bach absolutely influenced my jazz playing.
People always ask me how I can hit the ball so far, and I say, 'I just swing. ' It's the coaches who first told me I had good bat speed. I was just swinging, and I guess it was fast. I'm pretty fast at everything.
I'll pay to watch MS Dhoni Bat. Dhoni is not the next Gilchrist. He's the first MS Dhoni.
Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.
It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.
At a wavering instant the swallows gave way to bats By the Ponte Vecchio. . . Changing guard.
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time.
There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.
I dont know about happily ever after. . . but I know about happily, Weetzie Bat thought.