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A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is no more than 2.75 inches in diameter at the thickest part and no more than 42 inches (1067 mm) in length. It typically weighs no more than 33 ounces (1 kg,), but it can be different from player to player. The batter swings the bat with two hands to try and hit a pitched ball fair so that he may become a runner, advance bases, and ultimately score a run or help preceding runners to score.
Although using a stick to hit a ball is a somewhat simple concept, the bat is a complex object. It is carved or constructed very carefully to allow for a quick, balanced swing while providing power. The bat is divided into several regions. The barrel is the thick part of the bat, where the bat is meant to hit the ball. The part of the barrel best for hitting the ball, according to construction and swinging style, is often called the sweet spot. The end of the barrel is not part of the sweet spot, and is simply called the tip or end of the bat. The barrel narrows, and becomes the handle. The handle is very thin, so that batters can comfortably set the bat in their fingers. Sometimes, especially on metal bats, the handle is wrapped with a rubber or cloth grip. Finally, next to the handle is the knob of the bat, a wider piece that keeps the bat from sliding out of a batter's hands. Over the centuries, the baseball bat's form has become more refined. During the 19th century, many shapes were experimented with, as well as handle designs. Today, the baseball bat is much more uniform in design.
I look at you, you look at me
I look away, so you can't see
I'm dreamin of you
And you don't even know, you don't even know
That I'm fallin madly in love
With you, with you
And I wish that you were going
Crazy for me too...
You show some signs, but I'm not sure
Its a secret love, and your the cure
I just need to know
What you think about me, about me
Cause I'm fallin madly in love
With you, with you
And I wish that you were going crazy for me too
Don't you think that maybe you and me
Could be a possibility
I just wish that baby you could see, you could see
That you, and me, could be, a possibility
You and me, we could be, only if you'd see
That I'm fallin madly in love
With you, with you
And I wish that you were going crazy for me too
I look at you, you look at me
I look away, so you can't see
I'm dreamin of you
And you don't even know