It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.
I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.
The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.
The key is just to ignore the pain, because physical comedy only works if you see someone get hurt and they aren't actually hurt. If someone gets hit in the face with a bat, falls down, and gets back up, it's funny. If they stay down and their jaw is wired shut in the next scene, it's really tragic and weird. You have to pretend it doesn't hurt.
You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.
The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.