11.   His injury occured when Pride took a bat to the cinderblock wall after a pop-out.

12.   Just once, it might feel pretty good to put his fist through a chalkboard or take a bat to a water cooler.

13.   Lopez, mindful of what happened Tuesday, said he was determined to take two strikes from Mesa before he ever took the bat off his shoulder.

14.   Many of them became heroes because they refused to take their bats off their shoulders.

15.   Roger Cedeno grounded to short, and Bobby Bonilla, pinch hitting for Rey Ordonez, struck out without ever taking the bat off his shoulder.

16.   Take your bat and stick it you know where.

17.   Surprisingly, Piazza was back in the lineup after taking a bat to the head Saturday night on a swing by Gerald Williams.

18.   The bats were taken out of their hands.

19.   The boys would take baseball bats and beat pathways through the horseweed, crisscrossing their domain like explorers.

20.   The umpires took his bat, and he was suspended.