- Nov 07, 2020
Bat Quotes
From home plate to a Bat Mitzvah dance floor.
This page holds two distinct threads: baseball memories of learning to hit with a homemade bat and a ball of tape, and personal stories tied to Bat Mitzvahs growing up in a largely Jewish town. One quote even recalls working a Around Bat Mitzvah dress shop before a Broadway career.
- Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026
- Ball
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cadillacs are down at the end of the bat.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.
- Cleaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming!
- Favor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.
- Nov 07, 2020
If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.
- Fit
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I didn't have to fit in to sample sizes I'd be a size 14, easy. I wouldn't bat an eyelid.
- Full
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- Nov 07, 2020
A full mind is an empty bat.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.
- Nov 07, 2020