Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are always a bat-first team, but the local guys said we could break through on the first morning and that days two and three would be best for batting. Well, we didn't make the breakthrough and batting certainly looked easy today.

What he brings to the stage in terms of bowling, batting and fielding is exciting. He's a young guy, got plenty of talent and we're taking the opportunity of including a younger guy to learn as times goes on.

We've well and truly done that now. We've got a really nice launching pad into tomorrow. With some good disciplined batting we can get a big lead,

Jon Daniels

Three years with 200 hits and a batting title, and he's not satisfied.

We are hiding him a little bit. It's really not by design. We switched a few things with him in batting practice about a week ago. We moved him up in the box a little. It wasn't that he was struggling. He just couldn't get anything on the barrel.

We set up our batting order around a couple of guys and that's two of our guys that set the table.

Virender Sehwag

We are progressing well. By the time of the World Cup, we will be ready in all departments -- bowling, batting order etc.

We are looking to include players who can bat, bowl and field and Hopes fits that bill perfectly. He gives us another all-round option, and can open the batting if required.

I was in there three or four times every day during the week. I went before class and after class and before practice and then after batting practice. I think I spent more time in the training room than I did in class this week.

John has a knack for making things happen batting where he does.

Going into his final season we are going to count on him on the mound, in the outfield and at bat. There is no designated hitter for Alan. His batting and pitching are a plus, and even if he is playing in the outfield there is not a weak link.

I thought going into this year that I would be a role player. I didn't think I would be hitting as well as I am, but I've grown comfortable and it's been working out well. Batting third makes you a big part of the lineup and it's nice to be an important part of the team.

His stuff is so good. We face him in live batting practice and he tells you what's coming. Not many pitchers do that. He definitely has closer's stuff.

Dusty Baker

Guys tell me they sleep on the road a lot easier and better than they do at home, ... At home, you end up waking at 7:00 in the morning because you're used to getting up early. On the road, you're not worried about sleeping in and missing batting practice. You're always conscious here of oversleeping. You don't want to wake up in a panic, especially if it's cloudy or dark outside. If it gets sunny early, you're jumping out of bed and it could be 6 o'clock.

He might win a batting title one day. I'll go on record as predicting that.

We can hit and throw. Our pitchers throw live batting practice in a batting cage. There's not a whole lot we can do.

Robert Lewis

We can do it four times in a row. We have a formidable team... our batting is quite potent and our spin bowlers have been doing the trick for us all season.

Ricky Ponting

I am the captain, but I am not batting for everyone in the side and I am not bowling for everyone,

Bryan pitched batting practice and he was probably hitting 90 mph.

Felipe Alou

Batting third could help him hit .300 for the first time. He's too good a hitter not to have done that.

Batting practice is next on his agenda. But he's swinging well and making good progress in the last 48 hours. He's close to playing in a game.

Troy Glaus

Batting fourth comes with some expectations. I'm a perfectionist, I expect perfection out of myself and when it doesn't happen, I get frustrated with it.

John Arlott

Batting for Vivian Richards is a matter of strokes, more strokes, and even more strokes.

Batting depth is very important in a game. Sometimes a few guys won't hit well at the top, but a few others in the middle or bottom will, and it really helps when that happens.

Dan Mullen

He would be in our meetings, then run out to take batting practice. Even if he couldn't go out on the (football) field, he would try to come see us and he would come in on his own time and study film.

Joe Girardi

He will take batting practice today, and we'll make an evaluation. We'll see how it feels.

Felipe Alou

He's contributing big-time to our winning, being on base, prolonging the inning, giving a shot to the guy batting behind him. It happens every year.

He has been playing club cricket at home and he has been batting and bowling, so he is fine.

Frank Robinson

He is doing the things that he did in Spring Training and during batting practice. Now he's taking it into the game. Has he gotten it completely down? No, but he has gotten it down to the point where he could be a tough out.

We are always looking for a good cause to help out with and this is nice because it's a big project so it will give some of our apprentices a chance to get some real hands-on experience. I can remember coming here as a kid and using the batting cages in the basement. It is nice to be able to come back and fix it up. It is such a good organization for the community.

Our batting let us down but we need to come back and do better in the remaining matches. India are playing very well at the moment but we need to encourage each other to do better.

Rahul Dravid

Our batting in both innings, the top order especially, let us down.

David Wright

Look, I started off batting seventh last year, so to me it was great that Willie started trusting me, moving me up a little at a time. People tell me all the time, 'You should be ticked off where you're hitting.' But I'm not, not at all.