In baseball's year of the big bat, the fans voted for a small glove.

"Then you were the big bat that Sabbatha saw on the outside wall?"

"Getting the extra big bat is not a priority," he said.

But by then, the big bats of the Mets had struck.

He does not even give them a big bat in the middle of the lineup.

And they know that he is more than just a big bat.

Still, the starring roles will almost always have to be filled by a team's big bats.

He looked like a big bat, or a huge spider - something awful.

If Justice doesn't hit, that's the loss of a big bat.

First the police came, trapping the big brown bat, one of two species common in these parts.