The phrase "a batter of a" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misphrasing or a confusion of terms, as "batter" typically refers to a mixture used in cooking or a player in baseball, and "of a" does not fit well in this context.
Example: "He is a batter of a player, always hitting home runs." (This example is awkward and not standard.)
Alternatives: "a type of" or "a kind of".
He said he was still convinced that the technologies, which he describes as being in "their infancy," do not lend themselves to capturing trademark gestures or peaks of action like Barry Bonds's soaring to rob a batter of a home run.
Prepare a batter of a cup of flour, 1/4 cup cornmeal, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 pepper.
In marketplaces and gas stations one may find vendors selling koba akondro, a sweet made by wrapping a batter of ground peanuts, mashed bananas, honey and corn flour in banana leaves and steaming or boiling the small cakes until the batter has set.
Roll an Oreo in a batter of your choice and deep fry them.
No Coplandesque orchestrations for Mr. Crumb: rather, a battering of bells and a breathy wind machine assailing the homespun vocal line as it strives to maintain its course through a bleak landscape.
None of this sounds like great TV, but since his first HBO date in September of 2012 — a battering of Grzegorz Proksa, a well-regarded Polish fighter — Golovkin's reputation for brutal knockouts and the enthusiasm of a small, but rabid Kazakh fan base in New York City, have turned him into one of boxing's biggest draws.
He merely recalled a few examples of Mr Summers saying prescient things, as if video of a batter slugging a couple of home runs proves he has the best batting average in the league.
John Lackey, who starts Game 3 for the Red Sox, once allowed a hit to the first batter of a game, then retired 27 in a row.
You can add almost anything to them: cold poached eggs hidden in the batter of a cheese soufflé make a soufflé Vendôme; glacéed fruits soaked in kirsch transform a vanilla soufflé into soufflé Rothschild.
Face it: the image of a golfer sinking a putt conveys little of the visceral thrill of a batter slamming a home run or a boxer scoring a knockout punch.
According to Smith, "a batter has a quarter of a second to commit to the swing," which is approximately the amount of time Cassidy spends on her own decisions.
