The bats inebriate the sky . . .

Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew, Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue.

— Emily Dickinson

“Inebriate of Air — am I — And Debauchee of Dew — Reeling — thro endless summer days — From Inns of Molten Blue —”

— Emily Dickinson

“. . . Orpheus struck dumb with hindsight.”

— A. E. Stallings

In the world outside this glass room, songbirds are feeding and resting in the trees. Some will take off tonight and not land until…

— Sandra Steingraber

Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also…

— Paul Stamets

Pro-rated at 500 at-bats a year that means that for two years out of the fourteen I played, I never even touched the ball.

— Norm Cash

The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If…

— Walter Johnson

Isn't it odd? A guy bats .301 and has 35 homers. Then everybody starts to tell him what a good fielder he has become.

— Dick Stuart

Went out again to the harbour in sydney... and saw some bats that were probably bigger than meowingtons.

— Joel Zimmerman

I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done…

— Annie Dillard

Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to…

— Tom Hanks

A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is…

— Stan Musial

It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.

— Chase Utley

When (the Reds) won, we loved it because we ran into the locker room and touched all the bats and gloves and got some…

— Ken Griffey, Jr

Some people enjoy taking a light stroll in the morning and that gives them relief and that sort of feeling. That is what I…

— Ichiro Suzuki