Wouldn't it be fun if we got some hot bats," he said, "where we score two or three at a time.

He took that hot bat into the 1916 championship season.

Meacham is swinging a hot bat, and he's got the upper hand right now.

"The guy has been swinging a hot bat," Crisp said of Rodriguez.

"The main thing is we have the talent," the third baseman with the hot bat said.

Landrith's hot bat cooled off in the final three months of the season.

Or he could go with his hottest bat, Spencer.

He had a hard time trying to hold off the Phillies' hot bats, giving up eight hits and walking two while facing only 17 batters.

But we liked the idea of having his hot bat here.

"We got a hot bat, which is what we needed right now," Beane said.