[fhayek]

Liberal vs Conservative. Blue vs. Gray. All nonsense. THIS is what really is important. The correct answer, of course, is ten.

[Vendome]

Batting around refers to practice, where the coach bats balls around for players to field and work on their tactics.

[TBP]

“BAtting around” means all 9 hitters got to the plate in the same inning.

In one of those Old-Timers All-Star Gamns they used to hve at DC Stadium before the Nats arrived, I once saw teh AL team bat around TWICE in the same inning. 18 batters in one inning!

[cripplecreek]

11 and 2

that is all.

[jjsheridan5]

A question that, when posed, confirms that someone has too much time on their hands.

[barmag25]

You can’t bat around until the guy who lead off the inning comes back to the plate. If only nine come to the plate then you really just had everybody hit that inning.

[Mears]

This kind of thing drives me batty.

[Michael.SF.]

Nine

When one plays a round of golf do you play 18 or 19 holes?

[kvanbrunt2]

i say it’s not ten but i’m being guy centric. as kids, we didn’t switch out players. It’s when the guy who started it all bats again. we could have only 5 playing so the number ten is a response to maybe professional play.

[alexander_busek]

The phrase “batting around” has existed in baseball as long as anybody can remember.

Is not the phrase, in actual fact, "batting a round" (i.e. "batting ONE round")?

Regards,

[KarlInOhio]

What happens if the tenth player gets to the plate, but a runner is picked off for the third out so that tenth player doesn’t have an official at bat in the inning?

[be-baw]

The correct answer is 9 or more

[hinckley buzzard]

9

Period.

[Falconspeed]

Yes, “batting around the order” is when the first batter up in the inning bats again. It means the pitcher is getting roped, the hitters are having batting practice, the fans are seeing a show, the manager is chewing tobacco and the other team is humiliated. I’ve seen it numerous times when I played on a college team with seven players eventually making it to the pros. Batting around the order is super fun.

[poinq]

Have the Cubs lost around now that they have not won the world series in 100 years. Or did they lose around when it was only 99 years. They won in 1908 so did they lose around in 2008 or 2009? And I think they will win this year. So am I all around crazy, or is being a cub fan crazy to start with.

[mmichaels1970]

It’s when the lead off batter comes up for the second time in an inning. Even if a pitch isn’t thrown to him (ie a pickoff). I read on deadspin that an early version of the game allowed all to bat in an inning. If the last batter hit a home run, the lead off would be allowed to bat again. It was termed “batting around”.

I see that many interpret it as 9 batters, including many experts. But I can’t say I understand why they would think that.

[Steve_Seattle]

I think normally the expression “batting around” means that at least one player in the lineup bats twice in the same inning.

[Veggie Todd]

I think the Obama Admin needs to make a grant of $1 million to study this problem.
After all, batting around might be a cause of global warming.

[stevem]

You learn something new every day. I always thought it was “bat a round.”