Batting Quotations | Page 4

I had a feeling in spring training that this team had the potential to go all the way. We have the best pitching staff in Japanese baseball and our batting order is strong from top to bottom.

If your batting average is high enough, the Big League will find you.

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

In the end it was a good toss to lose because the wicket got better for batting on the third day.

I really used that season as a learning experience. I tried to stay as sharp as I could physically by taking extra batting practice. It was a really big year mentally, though. I was able to watch major-leaguers play up close and ask a lot of questions. It really prepared me to eventually play at the big-league level.

I'll go in for a few days and see if the staff has any needs. I'll look at the players to see what progress they're making, see who needs to go up or who might need to be released. I'll even spell the coaches by pitching batting practice. Mostly, though, it's a lot of early work, working on individual skills and needs.

In these mid-week contests, we try to get as many people work as possible and still give ourselves a chance to win. Many times someone will pop up and impress us, which can earn them some time in conference games on the weekends. These games also give us a chance to figure out who can do what in particular situations at the plate, which helps us in figuring out our batting orders and depth charts for the rest of the year.

I hit some balls in batting practice that I thought would be homers and they weren't. Then I hit a couple balls I didn't think were and they ended up in the seats.

I haven't felt good about my batting average. I'm sick about it. I can't stand it. I know I'm much better than a .250 hitter.

I put it all to music and put it on the scoreboard during batting practice.

I prefer to hit 3-4-5, but I'll do whatever the club needs. I started the season in 2004 hitting seventh, and that didn't work out too bad. By the end of the year I was batting fourth.

In training this week we have talked about the dropped catches, which ruined our chances. The batting of the St Catherine team... they have a good batting line-up with Tamar Lambert and others. They'll be coming gunning. They have won outright, so it should be a good match.

In the second half of the 2003 season -- actually, I'd include the 2002 season in this -- I started to struggle as I approached the 200-hit mark. As I got closer to the goal, I lost control of that part of batting and sort of lost focus.

In that regard, it's very important for him to take as close to a full speed batting practice as he can. It looks like he's able to do that now, and I've never seen that before from him.

In the America's Cup, you can't go to your backup quarterback. You can't juggle your batting order. You can't fire the manager either, although Iain Murray might not be safe if George Steinbrenner were the principal owner of the Kookaburra III.

I never thought we would hit like this. But I'm glad to see that my 400 or so pitches in batting practice and my sore body paid off.

I guess my job, ... is to come out and do well in batting practice.

I think my power sneaks up on me as well as everybody else, ... I've always been a hitter that uses the whole field and hits for batting average with the dimensions here. My ability to go the opposite way has been a benefit.

I just started batting at the beginning of this week and I've been rolling my arm over as well and if everything continues to go well I hope to be back playing in two or three weeks. I'm probably about three or four weeks ahead of schedule.

I just feel like we're batting our heads against the wall,

His batting practice has been better. Again, it's so tough coming in here as late as he did and being thrown into the mix.

His batting is one of the positives we had from the match. He batted superbly.

Him taking swings in a college batting cage is a long way from doing baseball work with us, ... It's just another step in his rehab. To what extent this is of any significance -- until I'm told otherwise -- it's just part of the exercise regimen he's going through. Once he's accelerated to the point where the doctors are ready to turn him over to us, then he can do more meaningful and substantial baseball activities. But for now, this is just another step.

Hey. I wasn't real good at math, but I knew how to figure my batting average.

He's still hard to block. He does a great job of using his hands. He still plays with a lot of power. He still can rush and block people back to the quarterback. He's very instinctive on the field -- batting balls down and making a lot of plays. I think the guy is an astounding player and I think he's had a really good year doing what they expect him to do.

Hopes gives us another all-round option, and can open the batting if required. We are confident that he can add a new dimension to our team.

I don't know how that's going to work out. That may be one of the things we fight about. I guess it will depend on which batting practice group we're hitting in.

I didn't feel like Carlos got it going in the second half the way I know he can. I think (the home run derby) might have had something to do with it. To me, Carlos is a .300 hitter. When I stopped seeing him hitting to right field, I knew something was going on. He had trouble even in batting practice. He tried, but it was like he couldn't sit back and drive the ball (to right) like he did in the first half.

I didn't even see Frank's swing. By the time I put down my helmet and my batting gloves and sat down, Milton went deep.

I didn't have to drive a half hour to get to a batting cage. It wasn't such a chore to leave the family and go hit. I could go down there at 9:30 at night if I wanted. I just hit a lot more.

Hopefully, I think on Sri Lankan wickets we might have a slight chance of upsetting England. The guys are very keen. Initially bowling and fielding were our strong points, but the batting has got going. We have a balanced side. I will be happy if we can get to the last eight.

Hopefully he will go from strength to strength, because he is the lynchpin of our batting order.

If Grace stomps to the clubhouse, fires his batting helmet, ... I'm probably going to lose every veteran on the team.

If I know who I'm batting after, who's batting before me, I can better prepare for what I'm going to need to do or what's going to be expected of me in my at bat.

I definitely want to build my batting average. I also think I can start running more this year. I've always wanted to be put in that position and to hit and run more.

I'd hate to see our batting average with the bases loaded.

I definitely have to be a table-setter. My job is to get on base and just score as many runs as I can. Whether my numbers are there or not, I just want to score. I don't really mind what I hit or what my slugging percentage is. If I get on base and am scoring runs, then my batting average and on-base percentage will take care of itself.

I'd say he's well on his way to coming back in September and helping us. It all depends on how he feels. I think he can probably step in there right now and hit. That's how it is for Major Leaguers. He seems to be far ahead of where he was before he had his surgery, but I'm only basing that on batting practice.

I barely had time to get my batting gloves on. That was probably the earliest I pinch hit all year. It kind of caught me off guard.

I feel all right, my swing just doesn't feel quite right. In batting practice you can get away with a lot of stuff, but a game is different. I just want to get it calmed down and have the feeling mentally that I can go out and perform.

He's got some ability, even though the batting average has been low. We'll see what he can do and whether he can help us.

I can do it. Last year probably wasn't the best batting average, but I've hit the most home runs I've hit against lefties last year and the most RBIs. Now it's time to hopefully put it together.

He can fill various positions in the batting order as we've seen. He's opened for Queensland, and he can bat in the middle.

For the last year our batting order has been very stable. Each guy knew their specific role very well, and all the guys complemented each other. So having both Ricky and Andrew out has made a big difference and having them back in the team, hopefully for the next match, will give us a huge boost.

You definitely get some funny look at times. But all that matters is getting on base. I feel like your on-base percentage is much more important than the batting average.

You come off a long trip where you don't get to take grounders or get any time in the batting cages and you're going to come out a little flat. I think playing all of these next three days are going to help us.

You can't have a guy who holds every batting record there is and not gain confidence.

The Indians have their grey areas. They depend heavily on their strong batting but even then collapse like a pack of cards. They are devastating and poor at times.

You will see a lot of excitement from these two quality players. They played at very competitive schools in college. An 0-for-4 game or batting slump will not get them down. The fans are going to fall in love with both of them.

Andrew will be our No. 1 or No. 2 starting pitcher in the rotation. He throws consistently in the 89 to 93 miles per hour range. He will be our starting designated hitter in the No. 4 hole in the batting line-up.

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The first inning was kind of weird because I hadn't faced a batter since September, not even in batting practice. My slider wasn't very good.

All the pitches were either inside or on the outside corner. They should've figured it out after two times through the batting order, so we need to learn to adjust to good pitching quicker than what we did tonight.

I have to learn from Sehwag how to play in the nervous 90's

What I seek is the highest possible batting average.