A few days after the settlement, Bat Masterson,Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the other dangerous friends of Luke Short left Dodge City.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

And when,responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.

VOA: special.2011.04.04

He stood farther away from the pitcher than most players, and used a heavier bat than most players.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Yet once he had enough paths built to welcome visitors, no one seemed interested in his "bat cave."

VOA: special.2009.12.07

If a batter gets three strikes, he loses his turn at bat and is called out.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

The work was influenced by Mr.Sfirri's son who requested a home-made baseball bat.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

Then,toward morning, they return to the bat cave within Carlsbad Cavern.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Then I would say something right off the bat.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

my grandmother gave me as a gift, "When I was ten, not a bicycle, not a baseball mitt or a bat, she gave me a framed engraving of the derringer pistol that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate the president.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"Right off the bat, they failed to manage the pictures."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

We'll bat first. I'm the one with the wicked curveball.

VOA: standard.other

We may be able to use them later. So we may not be able to give them a job right off the bat, but the longer we stay, we're going to need the more people and hopefully the more people we can help,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30