1.   The basic idea was to take one bat away for a night and starve it while the others were all fed.

2.   Baseball players have been known to take a bat back to the hotel and practice their swing in front of a mirror.

3.   Both players, Idelson said, took the bat and swung it.

4.   After all, American League pitchers are now being required to take bat in hand during interleague games.

5.   But the message was most effective when they took away his bat and made him sit still.

6.   But when the umpires took the bat, that was only the beginning of the series of charges and countercharges.

7.   Chen threw three consecutive fastballs on the outside corner, and Phillips never took the bat off his shoulder.

8.   He just took the bat, drove it through the zone down, and got that the backspin on the ball.

9.   He shortened it by taking the bat off his shoulder and opening up his stance.

10.   He took the bat, took a few swings, and then rubbed it against his chest for good luck.