From that powerful baseball-like stance of his, he cleared his front leg and began to swing the bat with his customary power.

A tiny prefab, holes in the floor, crumbling walls, a single table tennis table in the middle, but without much room to swing a bat, let alone risk a lob.

The batter attempts to swing the bat and hit the ball fair (into the field of play).

With each pitch, the batter must decide whether to swing the bat at the ball in an attempt to hit it.

He leaves the dugout ready to swing the bat.