Once one ball hit the bat I thought 'OK, that's one out the way'.
When I walked into bat I still felt that if things went our way we could pull off something special but they didn't and it became quite dark - we could hardly see anything.
"I can control the way I bat, but I can't control the outcome, like a good catch, which takes some of the pressure off me, " Taylor added.
"I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, " Blagojevich said in a Chicago conference room packed with reporters.
And I want all of you to know right off the bat how much I appreciate what each and every one of you has done -- not just for me but for the country.
It was clear the ball would nip around so I was astonished both captains were keen to bat first, and I am afraid Pakistan paid the price for not putting England in.
"We felt that we probably underperformed a little bit on the first day and as a captain and a top-order batter the last thing I want to do is bat on a wicket that I don't think we can make any runs on, " he said.
"I just saw it come off the bat hot, and when it hit him I know it hit him hard, " said Ryan Roberts, who was on deck to bat behind Jennings.
What's crucially missing from "Batman Begins" is a Batman -- I mean bat man -- with an outer life to go with the inner one that's played very well by Christian Bale, an inward actor if ever there was one.
By using this new system, I checked off my shopping list without even having to bat an eye at the thought of how I was actually going to get it there.
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Because I use Twitter for business, not only would people bat an eye AND raise an eyebrow if I got drunk and fell in the pool, but I would loose clients and valuable contacts.
"My approach when I went into bat was to play as straight as possible, " Samaraweera said.
"I used that bat all postseason, " he said, adding he wasn't very superstitious.
"If the lower order can face about 100 balls between them and I'll bat at the other end then hopefully we'll get a really good score on the board, " he added.
Within a week I had samples of the regular and gluten-free versions in my kitchen, and right off the bat, after one single bite, I was hooked.
And I will go to bat for whatever works, no matter who or where it comes from.
And I will go to bat for you every time as you compete in a tough international environment.
If I'm able to bat the whole day we will be in a good position.
As I watched, a single bat shifted, unfurled a wing and enfolded its body ever more tightly.
Admittedly, we have yet to see a Dalek taken down with a baseball bat (oh, Ace, how I loved thee), but it may be a matter of time.
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Because we had developed a solid professional relationship I knew he would go to bat for me.
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You don't look at a tree and say, well, I've cut the branch here and cut it here and all of a sudden I've got a baseball bat.
It turns out I was pleasantly surprised, right off the bat.
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So, I think we have to say right off the bat (ouch) that the reboot should not be an origin film again.
Retailing for under twenty bucks, and far superior to most of its counterparts, trust me when I say you will love this rum and leave the bat behind!
"As soon as he came out I ran straight to the middle of the wicket to say to him that I thought it was a very gutsy and very good effort for him to come out and bat, and do the best that he possibly could for his team, " said Ponting.
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"I think we were a fair way off playing our best cricket, both teams struggled with the bat on that wicket, " he said.
At the start of the third morning I remember asking India's captain, the Nawab of Pataudi, if they were going to both bat with runners.
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