“Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my Punch-and-Judy days, hit the ball the other way, start bunting the ball a little bit.” WayLittlesHomeRunningBitsLittle BitBallsYeahReachingHittingHome RunBunting Author:Rafael Palmeiro
“Sometimes I feel like I'm making a connection with a stranger, but then it turns out I'm not. Like, I was in a mall, and I saw this lady hitting her kid. So I went up to her, and I was like, "Yeah, get him!" She got all mad at me. I was like, "I'm on your side here."” FeelsSometimesKidsFunnyTurnsSidesSawsComedyConnectionsYeahMadStrangerHittingMallsYour Side Author:Demetri Martin
“I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone." Yeah," he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, "but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't." I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. "Yeah," I said. "But it's not all about chance, either.” KnowsLittlesSaidSometimesHomeRealizingHurtChanceRiskSubjectsYeahBoxesOpeningHittingCheeseStrawsExaminingCartsOpening UpGetting Hurt Book:Lock and Key Source: Lock and Key
“He looked at her. 'In order to finish, I'll have to have defeated six Infected, Dusk, and Vengeous himself.' Yeah. So?' The Infected I can manage.' She frowned. 'And Vengeous? I mean, you can beat him, right?' Well,' he said, "I can certainly try. And trying is half the battle.' What's the other half?' He shrugged. 'Hitting him more times than he hits me.” TryingWellsMeanSaidI CanOrderHalfBattleSixBeatsYeahManageMore TimeHittingDefeatedOther HalfDusk Author:Derek Landy
“So, you’re hitting on Clare the Fair.” “I’m not hitting on her. I’m exploring the possibility of seeing her on social terms.” “He’s hitting on her,” Owen said around a mouthful of chips. “You’ve still got that thing you had for her back in high school. Are you still writing bad song lyrics about heartbreak?” “Suck me. And they weren’t that bad.” “Yeah, they were,” Ryder disagreed. “But at least now we don’t have to listen to you playing your keyboard and howling them down the hall.” WritingSaidStillsSchoolSongSocialTermSeeingPossibilityHigh SchoolFairsYeahHallsHittingExploringChipsKeyboards Book:The Next Always Source: The Next Always
“Amazing.” Hi stripped off his shirt, wrung it out. “Score one for your honker.” “Thanks, I think.” I cocked my chin at Hi’s substantial midsection. “Nice abs.” “Yeah, I work out twice a month. No expectations. But stop hitting on me, it’s embarrassing.” ThinkingNiceMonthsExpectationsYeahWork OutThanksShirtsScoreHittingEmbarrassingChins Author:Kathy Reichs
“Yeah,” Nicole said, her straw noisily hitting the bottom of her Gut Buster. “Well, I would have appreciated it if you guys had wrecked a little less stuff. Because my house smelled like smoke for months. And construction on the Tarantinos’ new garage starts at eight on the dot every morning, and it’s still going on, and you know how I get if I don’t have my full ten hours of beauty sleep.” “So that’s what happened to your face,” Cody said. “I was wondering.” IfsKnowsWellsLittlesSaidStillsFacesGuyHouseStuffHoursSleepWonderMorningKnow HowHappenedMonthsTenYeahBottomEightSmokeGutsYour FaceConstructionHittingEvery MorningAppreciatedDotsGarageStrawsTarantinoNicoleSleeping BeautyBusters Book:Abandon Source: Abandon
“I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I also struck out. So what do I know?” ThinkingKnowsDifferentUsedCrazySixBaseballYeahCoachesHittingBatsStance Author:John Kruk
“I was hitting him with what I thought was my full strength, I hit him in the head about four times and every time I hit him, I was like, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry'. And he's like, 'It's fine, it didn't even hurt'. Yeah, that was kind of an ego deflater!” KindRememberHurtFourFineEgoYeahSorryHittingI'm Sorry Author:Robert Pattinson