21.   Others will instead draw themselves, big as the sheet of paper, holding the bat, with their eyes wide in expectation and fingers tight on the wood.

22.   Realizing that it would look bad because he was holding the bat, Doyle said, he tried to hide.

23.   She taught him how to hold the bat and how to stand.

24.   That proved to be difficult, because Yaz seemed to come to spring training every year with a new stance or a new way of holding the bat.

25.   The Braves scored in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate with Jones holding a bat.

26.   Then it was back into the clubhouse where he sat on a chair and, holding a bat, stared at the inside of his locker.

27.   Then Craig Biggio came back up the plate, raised his left leg, held his bat just like the bronze sculpture and ripped that double down the line.

28.   Knoblauch held the bat as he jogged toward first base and the ball carried over the wall.

29.   Knight came out to bat as last man with his finger heavily strapped, wearing one batting glove and holding the bat with one hand.

30.   Walker savored the moment, holding his bat aloft and then flipping it away as he trotted toward first.