Batting Quotes

Zimbabwe went down and lost their sting, especially in the batting after players like Andy and Grant Flower left, and the bowling is good but is missing a good left-arm spinner like Ray Price. - Saurav Ganguly

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that. - Tim Kaine

You're at a slight disadvantage (batting eighth) because the pitcher is behind you. That makes it harder because you don't see as many pitches to hit. - Mike Lieberthal

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team. - Bob Uecker

You look at the batting average [and] it looks like a bad year but the guy drove in 55 runs, that's pretty impressive. - Phil Garner

You have a commanding lead in home runs -- for the No. 9 spot in the batting order. - Ken Griffey Jr.

You got a guy like him, who's as hot as he is, and he's still hitting sixth (in the batting order). That tells you a little bit about their lineup. - Jake Westbrook

You don't think the game's going to go as long as it did. You go out there and try to get your inning in, and if your spot doesn't come up (in the batting order), you try to throw another zero. A game like this that takes so long, you better win it, or it will take the air out of you. - Russ Springer