31.  Often, Diamondbacks reserves will take extra batting practice even earlier in the day, sometimes joined by starters.

32.  On Wednesday, he was out before batting practice, taking fly balls from coach Ed Napoleon.

33.  On this quiet afternoon, the children woke up just in time for a family photograph and lunch before batting practice.

34.  Once George Bamberger called a meeting after batting practice at a road game and said he was going home, Wilson said.

35.  One was getting in some long toss and batting practice.

36.  Payton was given permission to stay at the team hotel Friday night and did not arrive Saturday until after batting practice.

37.  Piazza says he had a similar injury as a collegian, wore a cast for three weeks, and took batting practice the day it came off.

38.  Several hours before the American League Championship Series began on Tuesday, all the Cleveland Indians were corralled in their clubhouse before batting practice.

39.  Salmon is shagging balls in the outfield during batting practice and hitting soft toss, swinging with one hand.

40.  Strawberry communicated to his teammates with an uplifting video message that they viewed before batting practice.