Batting Aficionado Gifts

Alastair Cook

'Keep your eye on the ball, Jake! Level swing! Rotate your hips! ... and ease up on the sunflower seeds!'

'The real solution is to restrict appealing to batsmen.'

"It's empty!!!"

Cricket

Cricket Bat

'Tony, you always try to lead.'

He is familiar with the silent swoop of the evening bat.

One vampire tricks another behind a mirror.

Political Candidates' Playbook Signals from the sidelines

'The 'Leviathan Bat,' or many centuried marvel of the modern (cricket) world. (Dr. William Gilbert Grace.)'

'Some people just aren't cut out for adventure gaming, Bruno — maybe you should try chess or checkers.'

"Are there any here today who feel this union is not in the best interests of baseball?"

Dracula vacationing in Venice feeding bats in the Piazza of St. Mark.

Vendor selling testosterone.

"Think of me as the designated sitter."

Trainer: I'll warn you now Johnny, don't underestimate this guy. If he gets you into a corner, he'll clean you up.

I love Basketball.

'And I thought I had a big egg to lay.'

'You're right: Her radar signature is fabulous!'

"Try letting the ball come to you."

'Home is where I hang my bat.'

The Boxing Glove Diet was working for Bertram.

'He's a bit confused after that last round.'

Like most billionaires, Hugh Andrews the third prefers to bowl with crystal pins.

Bowling ball van driving into bowling pin factory.

Wordplay: Rabbit Punch.

'The man was real nice about it. He gave me my ball back and even said you can expect a nice call from his lawyer.'

'The meat of their order is coming up.'

Bats with blankets.

"Easy on the fast balls, will you, kid?"

Caricature of Noam Chomsky

Baseball.

The next damn Batman.

"I didn't find out quite what I wanted about the economics of democracy but I did find an interesting article about the mating habits of the Patagonian Fruit Bat."