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title: "2 Bats Quotes By W. P. Kinsella"
description: "2 Bats quotes by W. P. Kinsella. Plus more from W. P. Kinsella and more Bats sayings from other authors."
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> [He bats like a lightning rod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/he-bats-like-a-lightning-rod/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/w-p-kinsella-12923_baseball_he-bats-like-a-lightning-rod-805543_805543.jpg)

> [The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/the-crack-of-the-bat-the-sound-of-baseballs-thumping-into-gloves-the/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/w-p-kinsella-12923_baseball_the-crack-of-the-bat-the-sound-of-baseba_2932520.jpg)

## Other authors on Bats

## More by W. P. Kinsella

> [ I think it is worse \[in 2015\] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/i-think-it-is-worse-in-2015-for-a-mid-list-author-such-as-myself-you/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [ My dad talked a good game. \[I'm as a\] child got only the World Series on the radio. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/my-dad-talked-a-good-game-i-m-as-a-child-got-only-the-world-series-on/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/discovered-w-somerset-maugham-in-about-5th-grade-didn-t-understand/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Read, read, read, read and then read some more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/read-read-read-read-and-then-read-some-more/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/find-something-that-thrills-you-and-when-you-finish-reading-it-for/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/someone-once-described-the-pitching-of-a-no-hit-game-as-like-catching/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word will raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/praise-the-name-of-baseball-the-word-will-set-captives-free-the-word/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Heroes don't need to talk about what they did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/heroes-don-t-need-to-talk-about-what-they-did/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/my-intuition-told-me-that-it-was-the-grass-that-was-important-now-it/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [ \[Mid-list writers are now\] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/mid-list-writers-are-now-less-greed-on-the-part-of-both-publishers/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/at-one-time-i-d-been-to-every-park-except-baltimore-and-houston-but/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Have never been a minor league fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/have-never-been-a-minor-league-fan/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [If you build it, he will come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/if-you-build-it-he-will-come/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/until-color-tv-came-along-bw-tv-was-too-muddy-to-be-enjoyable/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

> [He bats like a lightning rod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/he-bats-like-a-lightning-rod/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

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