batting eye
Americannoun
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He regained his batting eye and on Sept 11, 1985, in a home game against the San Diego Padres, hit a clean single in the first inning against Eric Show for No. 4,192.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
“I never saw it,” said the man with the most famous batting eye ever.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2020
And what if it is all about your batting eye, not your swing?
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2012
That weakness has been offset, however, with a keen batting eye that has him eighth all-time in drawing walks and boasting a .403 on-base percentage.
From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2011
As a batsman he was temperamental; one day he would feel right, and hit everything, another day his batting eye would inexplicably be gone, and he would fan at the widest dew-drops.
From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy
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