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laphroaig laphroaig OP
Apr 17, 2026 at 07:44 AM ET
Hey!!! Today is International Bat Day.
Yeah, they mean the flying kind but I had an experience with the flying kind when umping a girls hi school softball game with the aluminum kind.

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UpperQuad
3mo
Wow! That wasn't on my radar. Thanks for the heads up.
WestEndHokie39 WestEndHokie39
3mo
“Not on your radar”? I see what you did there.
laphroaig laphroaig OP
3mo
How did I not catch that? WHOOSH ! Wait - don't they use SONAR?
TomTurkey TomTurkey
3mo
Built-in
laphroaig laphroaig OP
3mo
Trying to help. Be of service to my fellow Hokies!
Had a great experience with a black snake and a bat in Cades Cove years ago.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
3mo
Saw the documentary - that was wild.
Richard Attenborough did a good job.
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Hokie-2x
3mo
Is that why you speak in such a high pitch voice now.
laphroaig laphroaig OP
3mo
No idea who that post was meant for.
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Hokie-2x
3mo
The guy that hit by a bat. I just imagined you got hit between the legs.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
3mo
All male posters crossed our legs
laphroaig laphroaig OP
3mo
Nobody got hit with any bat, the flying kind or the softball kind.
hokiepro hokiepro
3mo
The way I read that was he smashed a flying rodent bat 🦇 with an aluminum
Softball bat. I’m hoping anyways 😂
laphroaig laphroaig OP
3mo
You guys are creative readers.
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Hokie-2x
3mo
At our Condo we we have carpenter bees that lay eggs in the spring and
Swarm. I like to sit on the deck and swat with the badminton 🏸
RRHokie90 RRHokie90
3mo
Get a Salt gun...talk about fun....
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Hokie-2x
3mo
My nephew got one of those. They were neat.
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Catbird132
3mo
Salt gun doesn’t work for us.”
laphroaig laphroaig OP
3mo
Now you're talking.