The story was batted away by the German but deemed significant by others.

No matter how many he batted away, more kept coming.

But Czerkawski's shot from eight feet was batted away.

And that attempt failed when a pass to Marshall was batted away.

Parreira batted the question away with a joke, as if the alternative were unthinkable.

Still, the Redskins lost when their 2-point conversion pass was batted away with 1 minute 9 seconds left.

But every question I asked was batted away with a cheeky grin.

He also batted away two passes in 1990.

The pass was batted away, and the Patriots ended up with the victory.

A Childs pass was batted away with time running down.