He looked up, waved the bat at her, gave her that smile.

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Stuck like a kid who gets up to recite "Casey at the Bat" in an auditorium and blanks out?

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We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.

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The movie is particularly poignant in a scene in which Phillies manager Ben Chapman hurls verbal abuse -- the N-word -- at Robinson every time he is up for bat.

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Up stepped Ian Botham with a gung-ho 149 to at least make Australia bat again, when an inspired Bob Willis swept through their line-up with 8-43.

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The Australian official adjudged Pietersen had made contact with his bat before the ball looped up to Prince at gully, although replays proved inconclusive.

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Ichiro, batting an unaccustomed eighth, delivered a clean single up the middle and stole a base in his first at-bat Monday, going 1-for-4, but, if he can get back to his .300 hitting ways, the Yanks have a steal.

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As the ball wandered into foul territory and Piazza began a perfunctory gait toward first base, Clemens picked up the barrel of Piazza's shattered bat and threw it at him.

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"We've got all bases covered and when you've got Luke Wright coming in to bat at number eight that's a strong line-up, " he said.

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Leatherdale soon followed to James Averis, who picked up a hat-trick spread over two overs to return 4-23 as Worcestershire threw the bat at the death.

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