How to Use batboy in a Sentence

batboy

noun
  • Alas, the jinx the batboy chased off the field caught up to him.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • That was my first year as the full-time batboy for the Phillies.
    — William Power, WSJ, 15 May 2022
  • The sky was bright and his 7-year-old son was serving as the batboy.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Hitters, don’t look for a batboy or batgirl to pick up your bat.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The balls then went to a batboy, who, of course, was an employee of the home team.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • One even became a Padres batboy, through his high school and college years.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Veterans, the prospects Cain has mentored—even the batboy got in on it.
    — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • And now, like so many baseball questions, your odds of going home with a ball comes down to math that even a batboy can do.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2021
  • But minor league teams also sometimes employ dogs as batboys or make all the players dress up like pizza for a game.
    — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 28 June 2017
  • O'Sullivan was a family friend of Reinhart's, and one of the slain boys had been a Gators batboy.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 18 June 2024
  • The player behind the sad batboy is pitcher Johnny Schmitz.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Kiké was a batboy and idolized the players, including shortstop Alex Cora.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2021
  • The strikeout ended the inning, and Hamilton stood at the plate to talk to Tichenor for a while as a batboy collected his shin guard and batting gloves.
    — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Orlando Cepeda served as a batboy for Mays’ team in Puerto Rico.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 8 Nov. 2022
  • At the climax, bleeding from an old stomach wound, Hobbs breaks his favorite bat, takes a replacement from an adoring batboy, and hits a home run with his final swing.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The team photo is signed by 32 of 33 team members pictured, including team officials and batboy.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Earlier that season, Nelson had noticed the Mavericks batboy reaching into a pouch and putting a wad of black stuff in his mouth.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • Tank was such a popular batboy for the Sugarland Skeeters, the minor league baseball team honored him with a bobblehead night.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 31 Dec. 2020
  • And that very sad batboy was Frank McNulty, a Braves batboy who was coaxed into a Cubs uniform to pose for photos that became the painting.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Such was the climate of the 1973 season, Alioto’s first with the club, running around Candlestick Park as a batboy for the visiting teams.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2023
  • This time, the Dodgers thought that the Astros had balls mudded up more heavily for their pitchers, and that the batboy would deliver those to the ump during innings when the Dodgers were batting.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • Minasian worked his way up from jobs as a batboy and clubhouse attendant into a scouting role for the Rangers, followed by stints as an assistant to manager Buck Showalter.
    — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The Athletic reported last week that Melvin is requiring his entire team – from the bullpen coaches, to the non-roster invitees, to the batboys and the trainers – to stand on the field for the national anthem.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In the seventh inning, Quad Cities’ catcher Canyon Brown, manager Jesus Azuaje and the batboy were all get ejected by plate umpire Richy Arredondo.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Oakland teams attracted celebrity fans such as onetime A’s batboy MC Hammer, E-40, Too Short and Tom Hanks.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2023

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