- Wuhan coronavirus and SARS both likely originated in bats https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-sars-bats-animals-to-humans-2020-1 5 comments worldnews
- Toddler swings baseball bat like a star slugger http://www.wbal.com/article/288785 5 comments baseball
- PMS Hacker - Is there anything it is like to be a bat? http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/scr/hacker/docs/to%2520be%2520a%2520bat.pdf 9 comments philosophy
- Thomas Nagel's "What Is It Like to be a Bat?" http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/maydede/mind/nagel_whatisitliketobeabat.pdf 126 comments philosophy
- Looks Like Mickey Mantle Used To Cork His Bat http://deadspin.com/looks-like-mickey-mantle-used-to-cork-his-bat-489467933 57 comments baseball
- Like Bats, People 'Hear' Silent Objects http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/11/hearing-sound.html 10 comments science
- Trump Bats Away Pro-Russian Criticism, But Some Supporters Like Putin Better Than Obama https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/many-trump-supporters-in-florida-like-putin-better-than-obam?utm_term=.ropjaqgabx#.qlog6jl6qx 10 comments politics
- Orioles Chris Davis has stupid power. This looked like a pop-up off the bat... http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17585361 6 comments baseball
- Reddit, in case you were wondering, THIS is what BAT SHIT CRAZY looks like... http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/w4m/1751306608.html 164 comments reddit.com
- Seven year old boy uses sound echo's to navigate, like a bat. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6260515/seven-year-old-blind-boy-uses-echoes-to-see.html 4 comments reddit.com
- A new bat was discovered in Africa — and it’s orange and black like Halloween https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/13/new-orange-bat/ 26 comments science
- What would be the reaction if a player jacked a mammoth HR and rode his bat around the bases like a horse? https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/5hmtda/what_would_be_the_reaction_if_a_player_jacked_a/ 302 comments baseball
- New SARS-like Virus Can Jump Directly From Bats to Humans http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2015/11/new-sars-virus-can-jump-directly-bats-humans 6 comments worldnews
- Like a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit‐latrine cesspits https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12931 5 comments science
- California dad recorded using child 'like a baseball bat' in confrontation with woman, police say http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/12/california-dad-recorded-using-child-like-baseball-bat-in-confrontation-with-woman-police-say.html 11 comments nottheonion
- What record is most likely to be broken? Gretzky's point total, Bradman's batting average, or Heather McKay's win streak? https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/6qe04r/what_record_is_most_likely_to_be_broken_gretzkys/ 18 comments sports
- Bryce Harper just posted this photo to Twitter. Anyone ever seen a bat like this before? I'm drooling https://pbs.twimg.com/media/cca3nubvaaaesog.jpg 198 comments baseball
- [Nightengale] The Arizona Diamondbacks are trying to replicate what Citizens Bank Park will be like in the NLCS with crowd noise loudly piped in during their batting practice. The tape exists from the 2020 Covid season. https://x.com/bnightengale/status/1712946392229175623?s=46&t=4Z2xkB4xZfDVY8QwjJ1piQ 261 comments baseball
- Kendall Graveman in Game 5 became likely the last pitcher in history to take an at bat as a pitcher in an MLB game. https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/11/astros-kendall-graveman-universal-dh-mlb-rules-history-world-series-braves 35 comments baseball
- [Feinsand] The White Sox feel like the perfect landing spot for Albert Pujols, who played for Tony La Russa from 2001-11 in St. Louis. Luis Robert's injury has opened a spot for a bat in Chicago. https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1390378450045788162?s=19 85 comments baseball
- In his (most likely) last at-bat as a Minnesota Twin, Joe Mauer hits an opposite field double, extending his hit streak to 9 games. https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/1046512332434624512?s=09 57 comments baseball
- Batting on front foot: India took several foreign policy leaps this year, expect 2018 to be like 2017 https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/globespotting/batting-on-front-foot-india-took-several-foreign-policy-leaps-this-year-expect-2018-to-be-like-2017/ 27 comments india
- Freeman on switch to 3B: "...when you want to win you’ll do anything to win. I want to win and get back to the playoffs. It’s been since 2013, so if me moving to third base to keep a bat like Matt Adams in the lineup is the best choice then I’m going to do it.” http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2017/06/21/atlanta-braves-freddie-freeman-third-base-matt-adams-grant-mcauley/ 101 comments baseball
- A newly developed robot walks and flies like a vampire bat, adept on both land and in the air, making this new animal-inspired technology advantageous for certain multi-terrain missions in the future. http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/12222/20150124/robot-walks-flies-like-a-vampire-bat.htm 3 comments technology
- Ichiro Suzuki treats his bats like fine instruments, storing them in a moisture-free, shock-proof case for every game http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/sports/baseball/for-ichiro-suzuki-respect-for-bats-is-key-to-hitting.html 70 comments baseball
- What Taliban Ringtones Tell Us About the Afghan War - Right off the bat it sounds like a laughable rumor. Sadly, the reality of Taliban cellphone jingles isn't a joke to the people of Afghanistan—& can sometimes mean the difference between life & death. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/12/what-taliban-ringtones-tell-us-about-afghan-war 3 comments politics
- Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur won't wear a really safe batting helmet because he thinks it will effect his batting average. No, wait, it's because he doesn't want to look like a clown. Really. http://awesome.ly/2009/08/jeff-francoeur-proves-hes-a-moron/ 3 comments sports
- [Park] Both Rocco and Chris Paddack denied concerns about possible pitch tipping, though it did seem like some players were watching the clips in the clubhouse as they were leaving. Paddack: “If I [allowed] 12 hits and they were all 112 off the bat, it might be a different story.” https://x.com/dohyoungpark/status/1790582134085656773?s=61&t=lhIY40ztlJHFYIEmq9ss1A 8 comments baseball
- Vampire bats infected with the rabies virus aren’t likely to act stereotypically “rabid,” according to a new study – instead, infected male bats tended to withdraw socially, scaling back on the common habit of grooming each other before they died of the disease. https://news.osu.edu/the-first-look-at-how-rabies-affects-vampire-bat-social-behavior/ 38 comments science
- Bats are being caught and tested in Cambodia in an effort to research and understand COVID-19. A similar virus was found in the area years ago, many deadly viruses like Ebola and SARS originated from bats. https://news.sky.com/video/covid-19-bats-are-swabbed-measured-and-pricked-for-in-an-effort-to-understand-more-about-coronavirus-12412871 126 comments worldnews
- In Mainstream Media, Capitalism's Failures Are Always Your Fault—Congress can unthinkingly allocate billions in new defense funding and media won’t bat an eye; Meanwhile, passing critical stimulus legislation to help millions of Americans is like squeezing blood from a stone. Why? Because capitalism https://therealnews.com/in-mainstream-media-capitalisms-failures-are-always-your-fault 260 comments politics
- Study suggests the Wuhan coronavirus had a relatively recent jump to humans (9 chinese cases studied had 99.98% same genetic sequence - so not much divergence), and the likely source is a bat (coronavirus variants there shares 88% of genetic sequence) compared to 79% with SARS and 50% with MERS https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-origin-bats.html 29 comments worldnews
- Scientists find Marburg virus in bats in Sierra Leone. It's the first time the Ebola-like virus has been found in West Africa and will help public health officials manage hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/marburg-virus-found-sierra-leone-bats 15 comments science
- [Healey] J.D. Davis said he didn't know anything about the 2017 Astros' alleged cheating system. "I wasn’t aware of anything," he said. "And even there was, I wish I would have known because I batted only like .180, .200, something like that." https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1202287708854538241 210 comments baseball
- Vampire bats that share food and groom each other in captivity are more likely to stick together when they're released back into the wild. These findings suggest that vampire bats, just like prmates, can also form cooperative, friendship-like social relationships. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/s0960-9822(19)31364-8 9 comments science
- New species of 'fierce' tiny dinosaurs with bat-like wings is discovered in China: 'This latest discovery changes how we understand the origins of flight,' says lead researcher Min Wang https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/new-species-dinosaurs-batlike-wings-discovered-china-a8905206.html 10 comments worldnews
- Bats can host multiple viruses without ever developing symptoms—even potentially fatal ones like Ebola. The US Army has studied this phenomenon with the hopes of applying it to people. Their study is now published in Cell. https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/what-bats-are-teaching-us-about-immunity-to-viruses 3 comments science
- The Egyptian fruit bat’s echolocation may work like sophisticated surveillance sonar - Research suggests that it uses navigation techniques similar to those modern-day military and civil surveillance use. Findings could could be used to further improve driverless cars and drones. http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/02/07/fruit-bats-echolocation-may-work-like-sophisticated-surveillance-sonar/ 3 comments science
- Overheard on r/bitcoinmarkets: "Sometimes I think I'm way ahead because I'm into Bitcoin and everyone that doesn't want to get in is an idiot unable to understand how Bitcoin actually works. Then I see threads like [this] and realize I'm part of a community of bat-shit crazy morons." ~ u/DianaQWERTY https://np.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/6fby8o/daily_discussion_monday_june_05_2017/dihe92y/ 6 comments btc
- Man begged for his life as police beat him to death: "They (deputies) jumped out, reached for their bats, and beat that man until they killed him right in front of my face," said witness Jason Land. Land said the deputies behaved like "animals." http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349894 1552 comments politics