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The wicket was dead for bowlers and there was nothing in it for them.
SHAHID AFRIDI I want to give the teams a normal cricket wicket, one the guys can bat on, but which also rewards bo...
CHRISTO ERASMUS It was very tough, even though it was a good wicket to bat on, but a big credit to the Aussies, they...
CHRIS GAYLE![]()
The track was a good wicket to bat on and was a bit slow. It was a similar kind of wicket we might ...
RAHUL DRAVID We found the bat, using its sonar 'beam,' looks ahead of where it flies, and that there is a relatio...
CYNTHIA MOSS It was a seaming wicket, plenty of moisture there. We take the game plan in of playing two spinners,...
ADAM GILCHRIST![]()
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the b...
ZACK WHEAT We're in a great position and I've got a feeling the wicket's going to get harder to bat on and we'v...
JUSTIN LANGER We need to get that last wicket as soon as possible, bat well and then get them out quickly, ... But...
CRAIG WRIGHT We're obviously going to be looking for a bat, and everybody is always looking for pitching. It's th...
BILL STONEMAN [Burke stayed in long enough to take his at-bat in the second frame, but he struck out and realized ...
CHRIS BURKE In hindsight, given the way they used the ball, there was enough on offer. It looked like it was goi...
ADAM GILCHRIST One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every ...
ANTHONY RIZZO My behavior was completely unacceptable. I want everyone to know that I recognize that it is never r...
DELMON YOUNG I left our last meeting with you in a very positive frame of mind.
JAMES MCDANIEL![]()
A full mind is an empty bat.
BRANCH RICKEY To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
RICHIE ASHBURN Well, I could imagine how they felt with two on, nobody out and Ruth at bat. To strike him out was t...
CARL HUBBELL I think I'd go for Collingwood, who can bowl a few overs and bat a bit,
FIVE LIVE![]()
I always love the smell of a bat and a glove, or a hockey puck in the winter time.
TINY TIM Embrace life storm with positive frame of mind as they are part of journey of life .Stay strong. The...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If someone whacked this mailbox with a baseball bat it would break the bat.
JAMES BRIDGEFORD![]()
We bit the bullet early on day one and decided to bat on that wicket, knowing it will get a bit lowe...
RICKY PONTING I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.
DONALD BRADMAN![]()
Maybe because I bat aggressively and go for big hits at times, people tend to remember my batting. B...
MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI![]()
An alluring woman
need not bat an eyelash
to hit a homer
and steal a man's heart.
KHANG KIJARRO NGUYEN![]()
I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots
OZZY OSBOURNE Right when it left the bat I knew it was gonna go.
KYLE PIETAK I don't think he went. With the bases loaded, that's a huge at-bat there.
KEN MACHA I think it's a wicket the batsmen would like to roll up and keep, but the bowlers would like to bury...
GRAEME SMITH![]()
It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER![]()
I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.
OZZY OSBOURNE Credit to them, they played very well. It was not an easy wicket to bat on early on - but they playe...
SOURAV GANGULY But when nothing in your life happens in a positive frame, it is difficult to think positively and h...
FARAAZ KAZI![]()
Bat stood in the open door and said "I am a crime scene unit detective from the New York City Police...
WARREN ELLIS![]()
I wouldn't lay out my cards on the table now, to be honest it looks a very good wicket that might do...
RAHUL DRAVID![]()
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up c...
VIRAT KOHLI That was my whole point, for them to swing the bat. I only had a certain amount of pitches and he wa...
MATT MORRIS He read it off the bat well, played it well and he was in perfect position. When it was off the bat,...
MARK VOGEL I thought playing at Carolina would be a lot better and I went with it. Every time I get in there, I...
DREW MARTIN Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we've been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately...
JOE HUDAK Its the 11th inning, man. You've got to bring your 'A' game, like I always say, ... I just wanted to...
DAVID ORTIZ I think our kids understand the challenge this week. We have to continue to play football with a pos...
CURTIS HIGGINS The positive on this team is that they're never out of it because they swing the bat so well.
JEFF ROOKLIDGE You're always looking for an all-around athlete — somebody who's going to represent with their bat...
AIMEE FOUTCH You're always looking for an all-around athlete somebody who's going to represent with their bat ...
AIMEE FOUTCH I was ready for it. Once I got up there, I saw the first pitch good and I was like, 'This is the one...
DIEGO RIOS I just didn't press. Every time I got out, Coach Horton stayed positive with me. I came up that last...
KURT SUZUKI![]()
He perched the bat on his shoulder, giving a nod that he understood I needed his help. With one loud...
HOLLY HOOD I totally don't think about it anymore. I'm in a different frame of mind. It's been a long vacation,...
ERNIE ELS There should be some good teams up there — Woodrow Wilson and Spring Valley come to mind right off...
CRYSTAL HACKNEY There should be some good teams up there Woodrow Wilson and Spring Valley come to mind right off ...
CRYSTAL HACKNEY Under pressure, person with positive frame of mind blossoms to success.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Jacques knew before the tour that he would be covering for all of the top six positions. I told him ...
HAROON LORGAT Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER![]()
Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketbal...
SURESH RAINA It was my first time hitting in a long time, and I just tried to get out there and put the bat on th...
ERIN HORN I thought it was funny. I figured it wasn't a rabid bat.
DAVID KEMP The fast bowlers showed there was enough movement in the air and enough movement in the wicket to en...
JOHN BUCHANAN![]()
When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella o...
LEA MICHELE![]()
You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you...
VIRAT KOHLI (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON That's the advantage of being the home team. You always get a chance to win it in the last at bat.
TONY GERHARZ I was crying. It was like my momma beat me with a bat. I couldn't get up.
JAREICA HUGHES I just go up to bat and try to stay relaxed, not get tense and swing.
CHELSEA BAKER A person with positive frame of mind sees the invisible,feels the intangible & achieve the impossibl...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If something goes wrong in an at-bat, you can't worry about the past. I go up there thinking that no...
MICHAEL ARENSDORFF Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy...
BILL DEDMAN I was very concerned. At the time, I couldn't grab a bat. Every time I touched the bat, my thumb hur...
JOEY CABRET That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy...
PHIL GARNER It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Ba...
CARL HUBBELL![]()
Had I just made a date with a tatted up bat wielding miscreant?
HOLLY HOOD I wish I could explain what happened. Nothing seemed to be where I wanted it and it was after Hollid...
RUSS ORTIZ![]()
For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the...
CHRISTINA ENGELA I just get in there and swung the bat. You're not taking pitches. Just swing it and see what happens...
DREW MARTIN Be relaxed and don't wave the bat, don't clench it. Be ready to hit down with the barrel of the bat....
PAUL WANER I bat righty.
D. B. SWEENEY It's a little different because in junior college, we played in a wood-bat league. So playing with m...
ERIC KING I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like ...
BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power.
SHESH NATH VERNWAL But once you do that it's a beautiful place to bat, the ball comes onto the bat nicely and the bounc...
SHANE WARNE He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch e...
ERIC BRUNTLETT The pain is still there. It goes from the lower back into my right leg. It started in my back becaus...
CESAR IZTURIS Ever since I picked up a bat and ball when I was little, I loved it.
KALIN DREYER![]()
Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard...
NANETTE L. AVERY It's tough to stay sharp getting one at-bat as a pinch-hitter. It's a totally different approach whe...
MARK BELLHORN Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.
EFFA MANLEY![]()
Be careful of relying on the opinion of others, these are the same people that like liver.
NANETTE L. AVERY![]()
You're Nephilim," he said. "The Clave owes us protection in these circumstances."
...
"I d...
CASSANDRA CLARE I fell at the last minute, ... I didn't see it real good off the bat. It was raining out there and i...
COREY PATTERSON Their guys were swinging the bat, but the umpire had a strike zone I liked and things were working f...
COREY MACDONALD![]()
I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I think the pitch is getting better for batting, it's a bit two paced and balls are coming off the b...
FIDEL EDWARDS I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go f...
ABEL FERRARA![]()
The Bat and the Weasels
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spar...
AESOP It was great for us to be in a position to make Australia bat again.
HEATH STREAK I used my bat as a cane to get off the field. I took some slack for that.
JACOB CRUZ It wasn't a very detailed meeting, but he definitely established a feeling right off the bat. He thi...
BRANDON ARCHER I just connected and knew I had a good piece of the ball as soon as it left my bat.
AMBER HALL I was trying to swing the bat with some authority, and not be overly defensive.
KHALIL GREENE
SHAHID AFRIDI I want to give the teams a normal cricket wicket, one the guys can bat on, but which also rewards bo...
CHRISTO ERASMUS It was very tough, even though it was a good wicket to bat on, but a big credit to the Aussies, they...
CHRIS GAYLE
The track was a good wicket to bat on and was a bit slow. It was a similar kind of wicket we might ... RAHUL DRAVID We found the bat, using its sonar 'beam,' looks ahead of where it flies, and that there is a relatio...
CYNTHIA MOSS It was a seaming wicket, plenty of moisture there. We take the game plan in of playing two spinners,...
ADAM GILCHRIST
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the b... ZACK WHEAT We're in a great position and I've got a feeling the wicket's going to get harder to bat on and we'v...
JUSTIN LANGER We need to get that last wicket as soon as possible, bat well and then get them out quickly, ... But...
CRAIG WRIGHT We're obviously going to be looking for a bat, and everybody is always looking for pitching. It's th...
BILL STONEMAN [Burke stayed in long enough to take his at-bat in the second frame, but he struck out and realized ...
CHRIS BURKE In hindsight, given the way they used the ball, there was enough on offer. It looked like it was goi...
ADAM GILCHRIST One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every ...
ANTHONY RIZZO My behavior was completely unacceptable. I want everyone to know that I recognize that it is never r...
DELMON YOUNG I left our last meeting with you in a very positive frame of mind.
JAMES MCDANIEL
A full mind is an empty bat. BRANCH RICKEY To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
RICHIE ASHBURN Well, I could imagine how they felt with two on, nobody out and Ruth at bat. To strike him out was t...
CARL HUBBELL I think I'd go for Collingwood, who can bowl a few overs and bat a bit,
FIVE LIVE
I always love the smell of a bat and a glove, or a hockey puck in the winter time. TINY TIM Embrace life storm with positive frame of mind as they are part of journey of life .Stay strong. The...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If someone whacked this mailbox with a baseball bat it would break the bat.
JAMES BRIDGEFORD
We bit the bullet early on day one and decided to bat on that wicket, knowing it will get a bit lowe... RICKY PONTING I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.
DONALD BRADMAN
Maybe because I bat aggressively and go for big hits at times, people tend to remember my batting. B... MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI
An alluring woman need not bat an eyelash
to hit a homer
and steal a man's heart.
KHANG KIJARRO NGUYEN
I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots OZZY OSBOURNE Right when it left the bat I knew it was gonna go.
KYLE PIETAK I don't think he went. With the bases loaded, that's a huge at-bat there.
KEN MACHA I think it's a wicket the batsmen would like to roll up and keep, but the bowlers would like to bury...
GRAEME SMITH
It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER
I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots. OZZY OSBOURNE Credit to them, they played very well. It was not an easy wicket to bat on early on - but they playe...
SOURAV GANGULY But when nothing in your life happens in a positive frame, it is difficult to think positively and h...
FARAAZ KAZI
Bat stood in the open door and said "I am a crime scene unit detective from the New York City Police... WARREN ELLIS
I wouldn't lay out my cards on the table now, to be honest it looks a very good wicket that might do... RAHUL DRAVID
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up c... VIRAT KOHLI That was my whole point, for them to swing the bat. I only had a certain amount of pitches and he wa...
MATT MORRIS He read it off the bat well, played it well and he was in perfect position. When it was off the bat,...
MARK VOGEL I thought playing at Carolina would be a lot better and I went with it. Every time I get in there, I...
DREW MARTIN Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we've been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately...
JOE HUDAK Its the 11th inning, man. You've got to bring your 'A' game, like I always say, ... I just wanted to...
DAVID ORTIZ I think our kids understand the challenge this week. We have to continue to play football with a pos...
CURTIS HIGGINS The positive on this team is that they're never out of it because they swing the bat so well.
JEFF ROOKLIDGE You're always looking for an all-around athlete — somebody who's going to represent with their bat...
AIMEE FOUTCH You're always looking for an all-around athlete somebody who's going to represent with their bat ...
AIMEE FOUTCH I was ready for it. Once I got up there, I saw the first pitch good and I was like, 'This is the one...
DIEGO RIOS I just didn't press. Every time I got out, Coach Horton stayed positive with me. I came up that last...
KURT SUZUKI
He perched the bat on his shoulder, giving a nod that he understood I needed his help. With one loud... HOLLY HOOD I totally don't think about it anymore. I'm in a different frame of mind. It's been a long vacation,...
ERNIE ELS There should be some good teams up there — Woodrow Wilson and Spring Valley come to mind right off...
CRYSTAL HACKNEY There should be some good teams up there Woodrow Wilson and Spring Valley come to mind right off ...
CRYSTAL HACKNEY Under pressure, person with positive frame of mind blossoms to success.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Jacques knew before the tour that he would be covering for all of the top six positions. I told him ...
HAROON LORGAT Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER
Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketbal... SURESH RAINA It was my first time hitting in a long time, and I just tried to get out there and put the bat on th...
ERIN HORN I thought it was funny. I figured it wasn't a rabid bat.
DAVID KEMP The fast bowlers showed there was enough movement in the air and enough movement in the wicket to en...
JOHN BUCHANAN
When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella o... LEA MICHELE
You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you... VIRAT KOHLI (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON That's the advantage of being the home team. You always get a chance to win it in the last at bat.
TONY GERHARZ I was crying. It was like my momma beat me with a bat. I couldn't get up.
JAREICA HUGHES I just go up to bat and try to stay relaxed, not get tense and swing.
CHELSEA BAKER A person with positive frame of mind sees the invisible,feels the intangible & achieve the impossibl...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If something goes wrong in an at-bat, you can't worry about the past. I go up there thinking that no...
MICHAEL ARENSDORFF Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy...
BILL DEDMAN I was very concerned. At the time, I couldn't grab a bat. Every time I touched the bat, my thumb hur...
JOEY CABRET That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy...
PHIL GARNER It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Ba...
CARL HUBBELL
Had I just made a date with a tatted up bat wielding miscreant? HOLLY HOOD I wish I could explain what happened. Nothing seemed to be where I wanted it and it was after Hollid...
RUSS ORTIZ
For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA I just get in there and swung the bat. You're not taking pitches. Just swing it and see what happens...
DREW MARTIN Be relaxed and don't wave the bat, don't clench it. Be ready to hit down with the barrel of the bat....
PAUL WANER I bat righty.
D. B. SWEENEY It's a little different because in junior college, we played in a wood-bat league. So playing with m...
ERIC KING I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like ...
BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power.
SHESH NATH VERNWAL But once you do that it's a beautiful place to bat, the ball comes onto the bat nicely and the bounc...
SHANE WARNE He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch e...
ERIC BRUNTLETT The pain is still there. It goes from the lower back into my right leg. It started in my back becaus...
CESAR IZTURIS Ever since I picked up a bat and ball when I was little, I loved it.
KALIN DREYER
Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY It's tough to stay sharp getting one at-bat as a pinch-hitter. It's a totally different approach whe...
MARK BELLHORN Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.
EFFA MANLEY
Be careful of relying on the opinion of others, these are the same people that like liver. NANETTE L. AVERY
You're Nephilim," he said. "The Clave owes us protection in these circumstances."...
"I d...
CASSANDRA CLARE I fell at the last minute, ... I didn't see it real good off the bat. It was raining out there and i...
COREY PATTERSON Their guys were swinging the bat, but the umpire had a strike zone I liked and things were working f...
COREY MACDONALD
I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I think the pitch is getting better for batting, it's a bit two paced and balls are coming off the b...
FIDEL EDWARDS I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go f...
ABEL FERRARA
The Bat and the Weasels
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spar... AESOP It was great for us to be in a position to make Australia bat again.
HEATH STREAK I used my bat as a cane to get off the field. I took some slack for that.
JACOB CRUZ It wasn't a very detailed meeting, but he definitely established a feeling right off the bat. He thi...
BRANDON ARCHER I just connected and knew I had a good piece of the ball as soon as it left my bat.
AMBER HALL I was trying to swing the bat with some authority, and not be overly defensive.
KHALIL GREENE
I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire. 
It's not an easy thing to captive-breed a falcon. You need to take extreme care of its diet and ... 
It doesn't matter how hard you work, there are forces that kind of prevent you from being the be... 