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At Arlington, the fan sitting in the middle-row, upper-deck seat closest to home plate is 224 feet from the batter, compared to 125 feet at Tiger Stadium, a park with 4,300 more seats.
It is called “chatter” by Jessica's manager (male), who attempts to teach his grade-school “persons of summer” the finer points of the game, and who often exhorts them from the sidelines, “Let's hear a little bit of chatter, now,” to which Jessica and the males on the team readily and rapidly respond “Alright, keed, knock it down his (or her, when applicable, and the pitcher for the opposing team is also female) throat” in support of a teammate at bat, or “Hit it to me,” “Make him hit it onna ground,” “Punch him out (current jargon for exhorting one's own pitcher to put out the opposing batter on strikes, known as a strikeout)” and suchlike.
If an average is the total number of times a batter hits a ball safely divided by the number of times he is at bat, even if he gets a hit each time, that average is 1, not 1000, and some kids might need an explanation.
His reaction was described by Scooter Libby as quick and decisive, "in about the time it takes a batter to decide to swing."
And the only way I have ever enjoyed eating fish is deep fried in batter, wrapped in newsprint.