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• n  (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
  he got four hits in four at-bats

• To this day, no one has summed up the event quite like radio announcer Jack Buck, who said, "I don't believe what I just saw!" It was Gibson's only at-bat in the Series.
• But will top-flight major leaguers like Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch, whose at-bat rituals rival those of a Hindu mystic, really adjust to tighter limits on their behavior.
• The book opens with a detailed account of a typical first inning for the Stars, including three full pages on the at-bat of Moyshe, Noah's younger brother, who uses shoe polish to .

• bat

News & Articles

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• Pitcher Lifts Pirates in Debut
  Gerrit Cole took a shutout into the seventh inning of his major league debut and hit a two-run single in his first at-bat, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-2 victory over San Francisco.
  June 12, 2013 - New York Times
• Forsythe, Venable Homer to Lead Padres Over Braves
  Logan Forsythe homered in his first at-bat of the season, Will Venable added a three-run homer and Jason Marquis won his seventh straight decision to lead the San Diego Padres to a 7-6 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.
  June 11, 2013 - New York Times
• Forsythe, Venable help Padres hold off Atlanta
  Logan Forsythe homered in his first at-bat of the season, Will Venable added a three-run homer and Jason Marquis won his seventh straight decision to lead the San Diego Padres to a 7-6 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.
  June 11, 2013 - ESPN

Quotes

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• Carlos Quentin in USA Today
  What did happen was kind of unfortunate. It's kind of something that, you know, I still have trouble believing that it happened that way,Quentin said Friday. "My last at-bat, the second pitch I fouled off against Lee. Something I've done...
• Barry Bonds in Forbes
  I think my age got me slower so I'm more able to time it a bit better,Bonds said with a smile after going 2-for-3 on Sunday. "I tip my cap to him, he came after me in every at-bat. He gave me something to hit."
• Joe Blanton in AFP
  I knew it was his first at-bat, but I tried to throw him a sinker away,Blanton said. "I threw it right down the middle and it didn't sink."