Sentences with phrase «as a pitcher on»

As a pitcher on the baseball team, he once pitched opposite Don Sutton, a future National Baseball Hall of Fame member, and won.

As a pitcher on the baseball team he has been a disappointment, barely worth the effort it took to sign him to a scholarship in the spring of 1974.

Described as some kind of «spiritual sequel» to Linklater's Dazed & Confused, this film is set in 1980 about an «incoming freshman experiencing his first weekend in college as a pitcher on the school's nationally ranked baseball team.»

Not exact matches

As a pitcher, you largely rely on your catcher and the shortstop... but still, everyone is on the same page.

The runner on first breaks for second as the pitcher delivers the ball to home.

It's as tangible as the pots and pitchers she has lavished on me over the years, but it also embodies her very identity as Wife, Mother, Daughter, Friend, Nurturer.

He tries to stand on anything that can be used as a step, like the Lego bucket, my nice stainless steel bowls, pitchers, whatever looks good, you can see the wheels a-turnin» in his head as he tries to figure it all out.

Putting beverages on draft also allows an operator or retailer to sell larger formats — like pitchers, growlers, or multi-portion takeout containers — of housemade drinks such as iced latte to boost the check average.

Let blackberry syrup cool, then strain through a fine - mesh sieve into a large pitcher, pressing on fruit to extract as much liquid as you possibly can; discard solids.

There are a few different theories on why this could be, such as good teams being more motivated to enter the break on a high note, and / or star pitchers getting the last start for solid teams.

A sportswriter for the Chicago Daily News, Hewitt went out to do a story on the Storm and ended up making the team as a pitcher.

It almost seems like it's something the organization is doing on purpose, acquiring pitchers with low strikeout rates (Tyler Chatwood, Jordan Lyles) and drafting them (Eddie Butler), as if putting the ball in play at Coors Field is the secret formula for success.

I'd just as soon see them use their high picks on pitchers until they establish that they can draft and develop position players.

The honor goes to Brave pitcher Charlie Leibrandt, who, after striking out the 1,000 th batter of his career on Aug. 29, rolled the ball to the Atlanta dugout so that he could keep the ball as a souvenir.

This might seem baffling to the ordinary fan, because, as Brock has pointed out, «you don't put a limitation on when a batter should get a hit or how many strikeouts a pitcher should get.»

It's a Dog's Life Schottzie (02), the pampered pet of Cincinnati owner Marge Schott, set a less - than - dignified tone for Red home games by cavorting on the field before game time, sometimes, in her excitement, leaving behind little «surprises» for the grounds crew and once almost tripping up pitcher Tim Belcher as he jogged before a start.

As it turns out, Tampa Bay has to satisfy a trade of its own, with San Diego; the Devil Rays use their first pick of the second round on Yankees pitcher Brian Boehringer, whom they ship to the Padres.

At El Segundo (Calif.) High School he batted over.400 as a centerfielder and pitcher, but only the Red Sox saw a big - league future for him on the mound.

Erratic slugger Phil Plantier, who was signed away from Houston for $ 500,000, and former Padres first baseman Eddie Williams qualify as Detroit's only significant off - season free - agent additions — a rather admirable show of frugality for a franchise that in the last five years spent wildly on middling, past - their - prime free agents such as pitchers Tim Belcher and Mike Moore.

If the Tigers truly rate Madrigal or anyone else as a comparable talent, then go for it, but don't lose out on the top talent because you are tired of drafting pitchers, or because you fall in love with the «potential» of some high school kid who may never learn to hit in pro ball.

On Monday Roger Craig was as good a pitcher as Early Wynn and when he needed relief there was Larry Sherry.

Comic Relief Pitcher On April 16, doctors diagnosed the painful back condition of the Padres» Larry Andersen as two bulging disks in his neck, but he decided not to have surgery.

All those years toiling on the mound, peering down the long alley toward the plate at those constant disturbers of his sense of well - being settling into their stances and flicking their bats — and then to look down one day and find Henry Aaron there, the large, peaceful, dark face with the big eyes and the high forehead, and to know that one mistake, one small lapse of concentration, would place the pitcher's name forever in the record books as having thrown the «immortal gopher.»

A loquacious raconteur endowed with total recall, he is able to talk for what seems almost ever about such long - forgotten players as Moses Solomon, «The Rabbi of Swat,» a slugger the Giants brought up in the»20s to lure Jewish fans into the Polo Grounds, and one - armed Daily, a Cleveland pitcher back in the»80s who used to get into fights on the field and chop away at his adversaries with the stump of his left arm.

More than one pitcher has said that Aaron seems to hop on a pitch as if he had called for it.

The next presentiment that the pitcher had to deal with was the flurry of activity from the umpires as Aaron left the on - deck circle and approached the plate.

The pitcher in the second video is a bearded ogre, as imposing before he throws a pitch as when the pitch is on its way.

We're going to skip the editorial and get right to the stories this morning, as baseball lost two players to car accidents in the Dominican Republic on Sunday morning: Royals» pitcher Yordano Ventura and former top prospect and infielder for a number of big - league teams, Andy Marte.

With the steadfast support of his manager, Bobby Cox, Mazzone went about changing the culture of the pitching staff, doing everything he could to get his pitchers on the mound as often as possible.

As a matter of fact, the only pitcher on either team to have World Series experience is Justin Verlander — and it has not been pretty.

... According to Pirate bullpen coach Rich Donnelly, «One of the things scouts fail to do is judge a pitcher's pure athletic ability, as opposed to what he can occasionally register on a radar gun.»

As I said before, the voters like players on winning teams and pitchers that win games, which McCullers is set up to do this season.

On St. Patrick's day in Vero Beach, Fla., a 20 - year - old pitcher from South Korea wearing a green Los Angeles Dodger cap (he had no idea what that was all about) rocked back from the pitching rubber, brought both hands high above his head and stopped, motionless as an oil painting.

He could very well grow out of them as he learns some control on his move up the ladder, as more advanced opponents can sometimes force that education on a pitcher.

BIG LEAGUE SECRETS: CAUSE AND EFFECT Sirs: As an avid baseball fan, to whom the pitcher has always been the most interesting player on the team (I married one who gave it up to study medicine), I want you to know how much Sal Maglie's fine article (SI, March 17) will increase my enjoyment of the game.

Drafted as a pitcher by the San Francisco Giants (from the University of San Francisco) in the 2nd round of the 2001 draft, Jesse made his MLB debut on April 14, 2003.

As a result, one slight muscle tweak could result in a pitcher spending two months on the shelf and make it almost impossible to go over their respective win total.

However, Colorado pitchers definitely benefit from road starts as their team ERA is more than a full run lower on the road than it is at home (4.75 vs. 5.91).

Those games are all worth keeping an eye on, as both the public and oddsmakers alike have been slow to adjust their lines to reflect these pitchers surprising performances — although based on recent public betting data, many bettors are starting to buy the Orioles hot start.

There are evidence - based explanations, sure, but the easier answer is the cosmic wheel of baseball stopped on him, as it does for a left - handed pitcher every year.

Maeda currently pitches for the Hiroshima Carp, and while he's not considered to be on the same level as the last two major pitchers to be posted from Japan — Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka — Maeda would still be an intriguing and potentially productive addition to an already strong free agent class.

The blueprint to follow, ever since the Royals decided shortening the game to make up for their league - average (or worse) starting pitchers was the way to go, was to get as many nigh - unhittable strikeout machines as you could, and then deploy them all one inning at a time until your opponents were weeping while whiffing on pitches they had no chance against.

In more descriptive ones, parts of the Red Sox rotation have been unlucky (Clay Buchholz), other parts needed to change their game plan to get back on track (Rick Porcello, Wade Miley), some are better suited in relief (Joe Kelly) and Justin Masterson looks like he's either hurt or done as an effective big league pitcher.

A walk to Joey Votto should count as a half - walk on a pitcher's record.

If he'd gone on in football (and before he gained weight as a baseball pitcher), he definitely had NFL potential.

Well, the whole spring - training season went by, and let me be the first to admit that Walter O'Malley and I were nowhere near as cool about the missing pitchers as we were letting on.

There is risk in not dealing Hamels as soon as possible, since pitchers can get hurt and the entire complexion of the four years remaining on his deal could change if that happens, but that contract length also gives the Phillies a bit of an edge in talks.

Manager Don Zimmer can still list Greg Maddux (19 - 12) and Mike Bielecki (18 - 7) as probable pitchers, but after them he doesn't know what to expect, especially now that Rick Sutcliffe (16 - 11) is on the DL.

There are reasons to be concerned that he won't hit right out of the gate, or that he might struggle as the year goes on and pitchers adjust to him, so don't start tallying up those homers just yet.

And yet, James Shields, the third - best pitcher available as a free agent this offseason, remains on the market.