Poor bastard. Wait 'till he sees the bats.

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

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

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

— Chase Utley

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

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

— Tom Hanks

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

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

— Joel Zimmerman

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

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

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

(At the back of the cave, Phoebe placed her hand against one of the stones where a spring release opened an elevator door. Chris…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.

— Marv Levy

Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat.

— Joel Osteen

The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.

— David Ortiz

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball…

— Abel Ferrara