Jenna Morasca

There are plenty of things you can do to help animals! The best advice that I can give right off the bat is not to get overwhelmed and feel bad when you read about all the issues.

American Model

Kim Raver

Maybe because I didn't have a huge film career right off the bat, I've been able to create something different, which is so important to me. That's myself, my idea of who I am.

American Actress

Ryne Sandberg

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

American Athlete

Julie Andrews

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

English Actress

Jessica Mendoza

In a perfect world, if I can get conversations done at a batting cage, there's exactly the place I want to be.

American Journalist

Shahid Afridi

My main strength is my bowling, but where I bat, I can also contribute for the team, and that is important.

Pakistani Athlete

Nasser Hussain

With all my bats I like them to be bottom-heavy, so they help me to hold the line through the shot.

British Athlete

Gurpreet Ghuggi

In real life my son plays cricket and I understand the worth a bat holds for the player.

Indian Actor

K. L. Rahul

I had to prepare hard for number four because that's not where I batted all my life.

Indian Athlete

Shikhar Dhawan

The most important thing is to keep our basics strong in both batting and bowling.

Bats are associated with the night, so it's often used in stories to create a spooky atmosphere.

Nighttime Creature

Though bats fly, they are mammals, not birds, which can surprise some people.

Not Birds

In some cultures, bats symbolize luck, while in others, they are considered creepy.

Cultural Symbol

A bat in sports is typically made of wood or metal and designed for hitting balls.

Sport Equipment

Bats for different sports have unique shapes; for example, cricket bats are flat.

Shape Matters

Although a bat can be heavy, it's not a weapon, but a piece of sports equipment.

Not for Violence

To 'bat' in sports means it's a player's turn to try to hit the ball.

Taking Turns

In team sports, the order in which players bat is strategic and planned in advance.

Batting Order

Blinking or fluttering the eyelashes can be a flirtatious signal, hence 'batting' them.

Flirty Gesture

Someone might bat their eyes to show they are interested or to emphasize a point.

Expression of Interest

'Bat' can refer to how well a player performs with the bat over a season.

Player's Performance

A player's 'bat' is a statistical measure in games and part of player evaluations.

Statistics Term

 At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives

The five major world...

 and are then expelled and stored in spaces between cells. Mammary glands eventually secrete the milk through the breasts, udders, or, in the rare case of the platypus, through ducts in the abdomen. Although this process is typically reserved for females, in some species, like dayak fruit bats, goats,

The science of milk -...

 and even these bats mostly feed on cattle. Maybe that still doesn't seem so great, but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.

The truth about bats -...

 bat species in the uk seeing one close-up is incredibly rare i can't believe how small she is she's quite yeah they are they're one of the smaller species that we have they're they're bigger than pippa straws and our ears are fascinating aren't they

Small Creatures In Need...

 up and up and it's just incredible to think that the bats have been creating this pile probably for thousands of years and it's just been getting bigger and deeper and steeper and cockroaches love it they're just

Filming Inside a Cave...

 in the atacama desert george has called in wildlife camerawoman sophie darlington her thermal camera will be able to capture the vampire bats feeding what we need to do to nail it is to see them feeding

Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...

 were batted away I was sprayed with words of adoration and words of contempt you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told

How to deal with...

 to be able to make sound and perceive it. Very big ears, strange nose leaves, but teeny-tiny eyes. So again, if you just look at this bat, you realize sound is very important for its survival.

Emma Teeling: The secret...

 that and many think of vampires sinking their fangs and two helpless victims even in the real world bats are thought of as carriers of dreaded diseases like rabies but in the madonna region of

Eating Bats PIPE National...

 but she's pitched against the fastest and most agile bats in the world