Proposals such as these have been passionately battedaround in Parliament for years without resolution, so eyebrows were raised this week when they emerged from the pen of an unelected lawyer.
The Pirates, who battedaround in the inning, could easily have scored more if Jose Tabata hadn't been cut down at third for the first out on Alvarez's single to right.
On a vacation tour through India in 2001 the pair battedaround a dozen ideas for startups (including a device allowing people to climb up walls without ropes), though vending seemed to have the most potential.