1.   Bannister has been particularly tough on opposing batters.

2.   But Dreifort has enjoyed watching the Dodgers shut down opposing batters.

3.   Clemens is the best teammate a baseball player could ever want and the worst nightmare an opposing batter could ever have.

4.   For Niekro, his fourth year of eligibility proved as frustrating as his knuckleball was to opposing batters.

5.   In his first pro appearance, Ryan watched an opposing batter run over his first baseman running out a foul ball.

6.   In any case, he was planning to post one on the outfield facade each time Irabu struck out an opposing batter.

7.   Just as baseball pitchers keep book on the batting weaknesses of opposing batters, many a football chalk session zeroes in the previously injured body parts of opposing players.

8.   Like Nolan Ryan in his day, Maddux takes exception when an opposing batter, especially one with a big mouth like Leyritz, questions his actions.

9.   Never fleet, Ripken became a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop by learning the tendencies of opposing batters, anticipating where they would hit the ball.

10.   New York Yankees lefthander Andy Pettitte says that pitchers battle only the opposing batters, that the idea of dueling the opposing pitcher makes no sense.