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I think she was still hitting her spots. They just put the bat on a couple.

It doesn't feel like we're swinging the bat a whole lot better against right-handers. We're not swinging the bats well collectively.

It doesn't matter where I bat in the lineup. If I do my job and we're a healthy team this year, we could win a lot of games.

I think I'd go for Collingwood, who can bowl a few overs and bat a bit,

I think I'm swinging the bat a little better than last year. This year I'm short and quick. Last year I was horrible.

I think he'll do fine. He was a shortstop out of high school, so he knows about playing middle infield. He's got good feet and a strong arm, but his bat is going to carry him no matter what position he's at.

I think he has a chance be a terrific offensive player. But part of becoming a great offensive player is having a full understanding of the strike zone and understand what pitchers try to do to him in certain situations. The only way you get to that point is you keep carrying the bat to the plate.

It depends on how they swing the bat. Whoever swings the bat better will move up. I can wiggle and play with my lineup. If A.J. swings well, I want A.J. to protect Dye. If not, I want Iguchi to do it.

I thought he looked great. Those balls would have been out if it hadn't been for the wind. He's swinging the bat well.

I thought he looked great. He's swinging the bat well, and his timing looks like it's there. The key is that he got the barrel of the bat on the ball and he was laying off tough pitches. He's been able to get 30 at-bats relatively quickly.

I thought his at-bat was a very good at-bat. His bat head was in the hitting zone on the ball he fouled back, and that's a good sign. The guy was throwing pretty good, was varying his speeds. Baggy was able to get the bat head out there.

John seems to have really found himself in the past few games and it's were thrilled to have him swinging the bat the way he is capable.

Man, see, you should have picked up that bat and baseball and learned to play the game when we were trying to teach you. You ain't going to make no money in journalism.

I might not have done it had he been really swinging the bat well, but sometimes you need a mental break when you're having a tough stretch. Most of his days off will come on day games, but he will play on long stretches when he will be rolling good and won't get as many days off.

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That was a real positive for us. We turned that double play, and then we came to bat and scored six runs. It was the turning point of the game.

That was big. Our guys worked hard to get on base, and Phil?s been hitting the ball real nice for us all year. He got a nice pitch to hit and dropped the bat on the ball and it went out. That was a good start for us -- we needed that. We haven?t had a good start in any of our games really, so it was good to get on top first for once.

I was real happy for Jen because she's had a few tough games recently. She swung the bat real well (in this game) and it was nice to see her get a couple of good shots. After she drove in the first run, she helped everybody get in a groove.

I was pitching 100% at this time of year regardless. It was my job after the guys came out and put the numbers on the board -- threw strikes, not walk anybody, get them back in and swinging the bat a little bit.

I wasn't getting hits but I felt like I was swinging the bat OK. I wasn't striking out. I was comfortable up there, so I wasn't really worried about it.

I was arguing the fact that the catcher had to go so high to get the ball and bring it down to tag our guy on the head. It was unfortunate the way things ended, but we shouldn't be caught in those situations. I probably should have pinch run for Mike in that situation, but I was thinking how tough it would have been had we gone extra innings without his bat in the lineup. It was a decision that didn't work out for us.

Most of them got a bat or ball or (got to) sit in the dugout. So they're doing good.

When that happens it puts more of a burden on a guy like Vlad. Sometimes you can pitch around one guy in the middle, and we've seen that. When Vlad was out of the lineup we hung in there. We had some guys swinging the bat well. I don't think we go as far as Vlad goes, but we need more than that.

Weird, isn't it? I can swing a bat and not feel anything with my elbow. Right-handed, left-handed, doesn't matter. It feels perfect when I swing.

You just want the first pitch you can get the bat on. You do what you can do with it.

who can change the game around simply with his bat in his hand.

While we were wearing down, for him to come into the game and be fresh, I'm sure his bat speed was as good as it's going to be. Whereas ours, I don't care what anybody says, is not going to be as good after three hours in that.

We were more looking to July when Mo turns 40 for the all-40 outfield. The three of us played for a long time and take good care of ourselves. It's not like we're putting three slouches out there. We can all cover the ground, we can put the bat on the ball and we know where to play. We all have good baseball instincts. You're not losing anything with us out there.

We couldn't do anything, but they had a lot to do with it. We didn't hit our spots well, and we had one guy swing the bat well. We got our butts kicked our hats handed to us and that's all you can say about it. They made the plays, and we made errors. It was a butt-kicking. I'm man enough to say it, and that's what happened today.

Well, I think Chris is swinging the bat pretty good right now and he has through these playoff games, ... Going with a little bit of a hot hand. This is only a move to do today. I haven't even thought about tomorrow.

We put everything together today. We got the bat on the ball and played great defense behind Christy. This was a great win. Our kids really needed it.

We were 30 runs short on that wicket. I still think it was the right decision to bat first, we just didn't bat well enough, and the run outs didn't help.

We're definitely pleased with the outcome of today's games. We started out a little tentative, but hopefully we'll be more relaxed (today) and we'll be able to get a bat on ball.

We recognized right off the bat that he was a good athlete. From that point on we were looking at how he could best fit into the system.

We finally started swinging the bat the way we're capable of doing. It feels good that we started putting some pressure on the defense. That's all we can do. Hopefully, we'll continue to swing the bat.

We have some kids that can swing the bat throughout the lineup, and we got some of that today. They're playing with confidence right now and that's why we've been successful lately.

When you're in trouble and need to get those double plays to get out of it. You know that the team you're playing is swinging the bat pretty well.

We had very good plans against him about where to place our fielders and how to bowl to him. We were successful but I do miss watching him bat now. He is a stroke player and we tried to take away his boundary shots.

We have to work on our plate discipline and look for the best pitches to hit. Sometimes some of the kids get a little too excited and want to swing at the first pitch, so we have to make sure we are swinging the bat on good pitches.

We just didn't get it done today. We swung the bat at some bad pitches. A bad weekend, overall.

We came out and the intensity was high. St. Pat's just really played well right off the bat and we couldn't get our wind back.

We had opportunities to score runs early, but we didn't do it. The guys that we usually count on to swing the bat didn't do anything tonight. Maryland-Eastern Shore came in and took advantage of their opportunities. They did what they had to do. We have to play better than we did tonight.

We have three sessions to bat tomorrow and we need to take the game deep into the fifth day,

Today was a day when I was going to relax and it ended up working out for me, ... I got a chance to swing the bat and get some more confidence. That's a good day off.

Three inches here or there and a lot of those balls are caught. Sometimes you catch a break, sometimes you don't. Sometimes the (artificial) turf speeds balls up. I thought I made some pretty good pitches they did a good job of getting the bat on.

Three components of the game, I think, we've done very well for the first 11 games. Pitching has been outstanding ... That's going to give you a chance to win games. Hitting, I still think we can swing the bat better than we have. (That) makes for a lot of close games.

You knew when it got late, Phil looked at me, ... There's been three or four times throughout the year he asked me how I felt I was swinging the bat or if got my spikes handy. I didn't think he was serious, and he probably wasn't. But the look that he gave me this time was very serious, and there was no kidding about it. And so I got out to the bullpen.

We've been getting Whatley some pinch hits, and he caught one of the games at Seminole. He's been swinging the bat well, and when you're swinging well you're going to find your way into the lineup.

We didn't do much offensively tonight. We didn't swing the bat well. We didn't make a lot of hard outs. We have to do better than that.

The one who swings the biggest bat on this issue is the mayor.

We did not swing the bat well. We've got to make better decisions at the plate. We've got to find a way to keep our intensity up. Today Lon Morris worked hard and kept its intensity up.

We're not talking about chopped liver here. Yeah, he had surgery and he's not swung the bat like we know Bagwell has in the past, which is with power. But he's still a guy that's going to give you a great at-bat, and he can get you a great at-bat when the game's on the line.

We're not swinging the bat well in the bottom of the order. One through nine we're not hitting right now. We're not swinging early. We're swinging when we get two strikes on us. You're not going to be very successful like that, I don't care on what level.

We're not swinging the bat very good. We're not putting everything together. It's only eight games but we can't let things keep going this way. We have to find a way to turn it around.

We are playing good cricket and have won 11 games when we have chased. We are confident of doing both. We have specific plans when we bat first or chase. I do not think we prefer doing one over another.

When you're on a good offensive team, someone has to bat ninth,

When you're not even around the zone and they don't have to swing, there's no reason to take the bat off their shoulders.

Yeah, he's the type of hitter that when he gets the bat on the ball it's going to go.

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You make bad pitches to Major League hitters, they put the fat part of the bat on the ball. When you are involved in games like that, regardless of what stages it's at, you don't have the luxury of making a mistake and not feeling like it's going to cost you. It is.

We didn't swing the bat like we should have. We were over aggressive and didn't have the patience we needed at the plate.

We didn't swing the bat at all the first four innings.

We stepped up, swung the bat extremely well, hit the ball and put pressure on people. (Webb) got in the groove and only had one bad inning.

The contribution that he continually does for England, I would love to do that and with the bat and ball if I keep working hard that hopefully I can be the answer to what Australia is looking for.

We'll start looking for a bat now. I don't really have a timetable. I'm not concerned about when, I'm just concerned about who. I don't have any preference on today or tomorrow or next month.

We shouldn't take anything away from him, he batted really well - to bat for eight hours and nearly 400 balls is a magnificent effort.

We let him off the hook ? getting a 2-0 count and swinging at ball three, swinging the bat in a sacrifice situation ... But give him credit; he's tough and he knows how to win.

We left way too many runners on base during that second base. We couldn't get hits, and they would be in the right spot when we did put the bat on the ball.

We obviously need to swing the bat more. We need to be more aggressive and our hitting will come around. We have a lot of good hitters, we just need to swing it.

With a chance to get on the scoreboard first, I just tried to have a compact swing. But I hit the ball on the sweet spot of the bat and got all of it.

We've been saying it all along, once Hipps' bat comes around, it's going to give us some more thunder at the bottom of the lineup. Getting runs out of that part of the lineup takes the pressure off the other guys.

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We wouldn't have put him out there if we didn't think he was going to get some time. It's a little early for the staff to press the panic button, but it gives us a left-handed bat and improves our club defensively when he's in the lineup.

This wicket is different from the ones we've had before on this tour. But there is no confusion in mind about this pitch. It will be a good pitch to bat on.

Whenever I'm up to bat at the plate, she always yells little things. It would be weird not to hear her.

When is he coming back? I know his bat will be there. I'm curious about how he's running. A motivation? I don't know. We've got something going already.

We said last year the Giants were coming up with position guys who are respectable big-league prospects. These guys are swinging the bat well. Elly is hitting the ball. (Todd) Linden is getting hot. (Steve) Finley looks like he's getting two hits every time he plays. Overall, the hitters are looking pretty good.

This trade gives us an experienced right-handed bat and adds a versatile piece to our lineup.

There is only one way to find out and we had this opportunity to let him go out there. The biggest thing is to get his bat in the lineup.

The past couple days, I've been swinging out of my shoes. But I tried just to focus more and get the bat on the ball. My dad always says if I get a hold of it without over-swinging, it will go. Sometimes I just get so excited that I swing crazy, but that doesn't work.

When you hit a kid, you think what if it was your son. Baseball is probably the most social sport. There's a lot of time between pitches. You could be looking at a vendor or talking to someone, and all of a sudden there's a ball or a bat coming at you.

When you play on a wicket that is spinning a lot like we saw in Melbourne, there is a lot of people around the bat and there's a lot happening.

We always seem to answer when the other team scores. That's pretty good. We're swinging the bat pretty well right now.

When you have a game like that early in the year, it's great. I've been swinging the bat pretty good in spring training, so I just stayed with the same routine, the same philosophy into the season.

When you have a day like this early in the year, it's great. I've been swinging the bat pretty good in spring training, so I just stayed with the same routine, the same philosophy.

While he was with us, he was swinging the bat real well. The thing that stood out for me is the improvement he's made defensively. He's throwing better and he's taking better routes in the outfield defensively.

We are excited to add a veteran right-handed bat like Eduardo Perez. His experience, professionalism and knowledge will be a great compliment to this year's team.

We are excited for the bat of Lindsey Rowberry also. She has hit well for us this year and she is only a junior.

Finley's been swinging the bat a lot better, ... It's good to see him chip in.

Facing batters who are swinging the bat gave me a chance to see whether I'm being deceptive with my pitches. The best thing was having an umpire behind the plate for the first time. It gave me a better read about what I'm doing instead of having coaches tell me my pitches look good.

But once you do that it's a beautiful place to bat, the ball comes onto the bat nicely and the bounce is even.

Both outfield and infield played a lot better tonight defensively. We executed a lot better, this game, than we did against Gentry. We also put the bat on the ball a lot better tonight.

We've been playing very nicely, even though we bowled very badly at the death and did some silly things with the bat in Cape Town.

We've been on a roll. We can swing the bat like that. In a Miami tournament, I think we had 51 hits in four games. We're capable. Tonight they got some good pitches, and they took advantage of it.

We're thinking that the last episode's just going to be what we've always wanted it to be. Where Karen bites everyone on the neck and they die - and then she folds her arms over her chest, falls out the window, turns into a bat and flies away.

We need to get that last wicket as soon as possible, bat well and then get them out quickly, ... But we'd have settled for this position at the start. If we bat with discipline, I'm pretty confident.

We need to get her bat going, and she's been hitting a lot better lately. This is about the time she heated up for us last year.

We were expecting a veto right off the bat from him. I think it's getting a lot of support.

We wanted to break him in like any other player. To get him ready defensively is very important. There are a lot of different throws, angles and distances. The good news is he's swinging the bat and running.

We've had three overtime games this year, and we've lost them all, and in every one, we've gotten down right off the bat and that's something we have to work on.