Quotes About Batting

You know, it's strange when you're a guest star, because everybody knows each other so well, and they're relaxed, and they have a routine. So you kind of feel like you've just been brought up to the majors for one game, and you're batting ninth.

I'm not a cleanup hitter. I'm just batting fourth.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

Michael Atherton's powers of concentration never cease to amaze me. When you need reminding what Test-match batting is all about, who else would you have at the other end?

Midway through the 2015 season, Bob Uecker was standing behind the batting cage when someone hit a line drive off the L-screen in front of the pitcher. The ball caromed into the air and hit Uecker between the eyes before he knew what happened. He ended up missing the broadcast that night and spending the night in the hospital with concussion-like symptoms. "I'm always a little dizzy, but that was more than usual," Uecker joked.

One of baseball's more confusing traditions, at least in my eyes, is that the home team has batting practice first. That means that when the gates open, fans usually see the opposing team take batting practice. That has never made sense to me.

And one day I hit one up the middle. I thought it was going to hit him right between the eyes. It missed him, and the ball was in the outfield by the time he ducked. At that point I think we all agreed that dad was done throwing me batting practice.

I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.

I don't want to overplay the diary's significance, but it's a really helpful batting aid. It's not an obsession because I don't spend more than 10 or 20 minutes writing a day - and not necessarily every day. I might write in it three days in a row and then not the next four. It depends on the situation.

I was constantly searching for something and you kid yourself that someone out there has got that secret to batting that they can give you one piece of advice that will enable you to go and score a hundred every time. It is silly. By trying to learn I confused myself.

My batting took some time to develop - I was batting at No. 10 initially but my bowling took off.

What I intend to do is to launch a batting academy. I have been a batsman throughout my life, and I can't open a bowling academy after all!

The higher up the order I bat, I play with more responsibility and playing with top order batsman, you interact and gain confidence.

First six overs are important because if you put runs on board, it will take the pressure off the other batsmen.

My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

For me, the most comforting thing is that the team management thinks I am comfortable in any position I am assigned. They trust me so much and if they give me responsibility of batting in a particular position I also respond positively to it.

I've always said I don't mind where I bat and I have exactly the same mindset when I'm batting seven as I would at five.

I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.

If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.

I am happy with my batting form. I have been bowling well, too, and have bowled long spells.

Well, I've always prefered playing spin off the back foot because, to my mind, it takes short leg and silly point out of the equation.