Among the organizations with full or partial bans of composite bats: Little League International, Babe Ruth League, the National Federation of High School Associations, and the NCAA. In most cases, if a bat meets certain standards basically, not having any more pop than a wood or aluminum bat it will be allowed.

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You can swing it like a bat or a golf club, turn it like a steering wheel, or punch with it like a boxer.

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"Bats are about the size of mice and they have very small teeth, and so if you have a bat fly into you or bump you, that bat may have just bitten you and you may not appreciate it, " he says.

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Irani is a great enthusiast and motivator who, like Hollioake, should bring the best out of the other 10 men, which ought to count for far more than whether you average 20 or 35 with the bat yourself - but unfortunately, it doesn't.

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And I will go to bat for whatever works, no matter who or where it comes from.

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But, hold on, if that apparently worthless bat or glove was used by a famous athlete then it has inherent value.

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That is, instead of sitting on the couch pressing buttons on a control, grab a Move control and wave it in the air like a bat, or physically jump over in-game hurdles on Kinect.

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As the roller came out, the question was: would Australia's late rally provide renewed belief for their bowlers, or would England's batsmen instead take the view that this was a better wicket to bat on than it had appeared during the early exchanges?

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On this spring afternoon, in 1930, they were playing Piggy on a Bounce -- one guy with a bat, everyone else in the field, and one guy would hit till someone caught the ball, or caught it on one bounce, and then the batter had to take the field.

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