Quotes about bat
battle needed
This was a battle that needed to be fought. Edward Kennedy
batter corners great job late nice painting pitch sam seen strike throw
What's also nice is that late in the game, Sam can throw a pitch that a batter hasn't seen yet. She does a great job of painting the corners (of the strike zone).
batch early nice outlook warmer
We got a nice batch early in the year, but the long-range outlook had us warmer than normal, so this shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
battle country information knowledge power redeem soul
We give you the facts. I told you information is power -- knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts. Tavis Smiley
battle gave good phenomenal played promised runs tape team tomorrow watch
We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I promised my team that when I watch the tape tomorrow I won't look at the scoreboard. I'll look at how we played. We played hard. They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.
battle gave good phenomenal runs
We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I just think (Connecticut) is so good, so well-coached. They just made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.
battle close found game lost pull turning ways won
We found ways to battle and battle, but not to pull out wins. We won one big game and thought we were turning the corner, but we lost some close ones down the stretch.
baton found shelter
We found them (the Simons) at a church-run shelter in Baton Rouge.
bat help swing team
We have a better bench, a better rotation, and having Thome swing the bat the way he is now, he'll really help our team. But when you win the world championship, you can't say this team is better. That's not fair. Ozzie Guillen
battle both came hard kids playing practice road
We have 23 people. Our kids are playing both ways, so it's a battle of the numbers. We're working hard in practice and just came away with two big road wins.
battle officially striking though
We can officially say we're in striking distance. It's still going to be a battle though because we're still behind.
battling best finish good guys jobs note strong supported
We want to finish strong and get some wins. Some guys are battling for jobs and stuff, obviously. You want to end things on a good note for the fans. They've supported us the whole time, so we want to finish the best we can. Marian Gaborik
batteries battery cause develop failure graceful meaning understand
We want to develop a battery that has a graceful failure - meaning that if it's damaged, it won't cause other problems. We have to understand how batteries fail and why they fail.
bats best eight great held hits hitting pitching southern staff swinging team
We weren't swinging the bats really well. Southern has a great pitching staff and probably the best hitting team they've had, and we held them to only eight hits all weekend.
battle both contested fought hard highly knew sides
We knew going into this that it would be a highly contested match. It was a very hard fought battle on both sides of the ball.
battle everybody knew knowing last meant reed year
We knew going in knowing that Reed and Galena would probably be one and two. That meant that we'd be in a battle all year with everybody else for those last two spots.
battle coming enjoyable exactly fans knew tonight
We knew coming into tonight it was going to be a battle and that's exactly what we got. I think the fans here tonight got a real enjoyable game. You can't take anything away from anybody.
battle coming knew lived overall performance pleased
We knew coming in this was going to be a battle and it lived up to that...I was pleased with the overall performance of the team. Marty Schottenheimer
battle coming couple fairly knew played weeks
We knew coming in that they really out-size us and we would really have to battle for rebounds. With all things considered, I think that we did fairly well. We played them a couple of weeks ago and we really didn't show up, so this was a lot better.
battle coming four knew teams
We knew coming in that there were four teams that were going to battle for it, and who ever didn't make it would be a team that could do something in the playoffs.
bat decided glad hold onto
To hold onto Manny's bat in the lineup, I'm glad he decided to stay. Tim Wakefield
battle bit expect fact huge organized problems
You have to like the fact that we got the shutout because in the first half, it was a bit choppy. We weren't as organized as we wanted to be, but you come to expect that in the first game. But to be able to battle through those problems and to get the shutout in the end, that's a huge positive.
batteries car fine food group lighting prepared
They appeared, luckily, to be in fine health. This group was pretty well prepared with water, food to spare, blankets, car batteries for lighting and a fan, tools, and a ladder.
batting came cricket drawing minds moving needs negative option positive team teams
The whole team wanted to be positive and wanted to go for a win. Cricket needs positive games. It doesn't need teams batting out and drawing games. For us, as a team moving forward, we're young and we need to be positive. To set a declaration and to try to go for a win was in our minds the only way to play. The negative option never came in. Graeme Smith
battling great played power pressure putting skating team
The whole team played a great game. We were battling much harder. We were much better in the power play. We were skating much better and putting pressure on them. Martin Havlat
battle constant harsh unusually winter year
The winter has been unusually harsh this year again. It's a constant battle for these survivors.
bats battling blowing coming good helped job swinging wind
The wind blowing out helped a little. We hadn't been swinging our bats well at all coming in here, but we did a good job of battling today.
bats swing weekend
The whole weekend we didn't swing the bats very well.
bats break people pitches sooner strike swings swung throw trying
They actually swung today. The sooner they get their swings down, the better for me as well. I'm not trying to break bats and strike people out, I'm just trying to throw my pitches and feel like I'm accomplishing something. The more I throw, the better my pitches will get. Randy Johnson
bat capable last producing swinging
The way I've been swinging the bat the last week-and-a-half, ... I'm not producing offensively the way I'm capable of doing. Jose Guillen
battle believes games grind type
These are the type of games we like. I know no one believes us but ... we like to battle it out and just grind it to the end. Randy Foye
battle fun good pitch side wish
These are really good games, fun to pitch in and fun to battle in, but I wish they'd come out on our side a little more often. Roger Clemens
battle expecting great incredibly less rivalry tough
The rivalry has been great for Alberta lacrosse. I'm expecting nothing less than an incredibly tough battle again.