Sentences with phrase «league baseball pitchers»

Also detached from the main residence is a 1,746 - square - foot workout facility custom - designed for one of the most celebrated Major League Baseball pitchers in history.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Major League Baseball pitchers who throw a high percentage of fastballs may be at increased risk for Tommy John surgery, according to research at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

John Hope, a former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates and graduate of Stranahan High School, died on Wednesday.

Diaz, who resigned his state House seat to run for the Senate and is known almost universally as «Pepi,» spent much of Saturday outside an early voting site in Southwest Miami with Cuban - born retired Major League Baseball pitcher Camilo Pascual.

Get all the latest stats, fantasy news, videos and more on Major League Baseball pitcher Chien - Ming Wang at MLB.com.

It's based on the true story of JB (Jon Hamm), a struggling sports agent that is looking to recruit an Indian cricket player and transform him into a Major League Baseball pitcher.

It's like becoming a major league baseball pitcher only to be sent down to the AAA minor leagues.

With a population of almost 15,000 residents, the town is home to a few famous people including country singer Craig Morgan, actor Anson Mount and Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Mitchell.

Not exact matches

The future of one of the most feared relief pitchers in Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, is suddenly in doubt after he tripped during a recent New York Yankees team practice in Kansas City, Mo..

The proper analog would be 1968, when the entire National League had a collective 2.99 ERA, which was boring as heck and followed by Major League Baseball lowering the height of the pitcher's mound.

Last Wednesday, Giants» pitcher Matt Cain tossed arguably the greatest game in the long and storied history of Major League Baseball.

The way he could change a pitcher's entire career with 1 pitch deep dives and his dedication to the minor leagues with player interviews (I'm still a part of the «Gomber Pyle» fan club) got me so focused on baseball minutia you could have swore he miscounted my Ritalin.

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.

The superstar of the Little League World Series, Philadelphia pitcher Mo'Ne Davis, who hopes to go to UConn and play basketball for Geno Auriemma, has shown that she has all the tools to make it big in either baseball or basketball.

That is why the Little League Baseball and Softball organization has established maximum pitch counts, or limits on the number of throws a pitcher can make in a game, and how many days of rest pitchers need between the days that they pitch.

ROOKIE HOPES: Not much, except for two good young pitchers up from Syracuse: Jim Owens (according to Roy Hamey, possessor of «best curve in baseball») and Jack Meyer (led International League in strike - outs).

BASEBALL — The interleague trading period came to a close with the National League Champion San Francisco Giants sending two pitchers, Stu Miller and Mike McCormick, and Catcher John Orsino to Baltimore for Pitchers Jack Fisher and Billy Hoeft, plus Catcher Jipitchers, Stu Miller and Mike McCormick, and Catcher John Orsino to Baltimore for Pitchers Jack Fisher and Billy Hoeft, plus Catcher JiPitchers Jack Fisher and Billy Hoeft, plus Catcher Jim Coker.

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.

Baseball purists argue that there's an unfair advantage based on ballpark since American League pitchers don't take batting practice and National League team's rarely have the bench depth to install an above average designated hitter.

Jersey City has had minor league baseball teams intermittently since 1878 and has fielded some noteworthy players, such as George Stovey, a black pitcher who won 35 games in 1886, and George (Twinkletoes) Selkirk, the Yankee who was nicknamed after a Jersey show girl.

• Dean Chance, former American League pitcher and possessor of a.066 lifetime batting average: «I wish I was still active in baseball.

Taller than any pitcher who has ever appeared in a Major League Baseball game.

In December of 1968, the rules committee of major league baseball voted to shrink the strike zone and lower the pitcher's mound, beginning with the 1969 season.

It's entirely possible that Bregman has some sort of weakness that will be exposed by big - league pitchers, and baseball is really hard.

While the lawsuit has yet to be decided, its effect on youth baseball thus far has been that many youth participants are wearing protective gear with at least one youth league making it mandatory for all pitchers to wear a protective heart guard.

According to a 2011 study by researchers at the University of North Carolina commissioned by Little League, its pitch count program appears to be working, reducing the risk of shoulder injury among pitchers in Little League Baseball (ages 8 to 13) by 50 percent.

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In 2007 Little League Baseball dropped its decades - old pitching rules - which limited pitchers age 12 and under to six innings per week and six innings per game, with the number of innings increasing for older age groups - in favor of rules based on pitch count.

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Glen Ellyn native left - handed pitcher Eric Stout was selected in the 13th round of the Major League Baseball draft on June 7 and signed three days later.

And here's another update to an earlier column, the one about my grandson receiving the gift of an expensive baseball glove from Major League pitcher Heath Bell, then of the Florida Marlins and currently of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

One of the greatest pitchers in Major League Baseball, Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers, could strike out batter after batter even though he lacked the throwing power of his teammate Don Drysdale.

The study examined pitchers sustaining UCL injuries between 2006 and 2015 from one professional baseball organization, including both major and minor league teams.

Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers are high - impact due to player time lost and the resulting effect on teams and an athlete's career, making treatment decisions an even greater challenge for physicians.

Using a computer model to predict muscle fatigue, researchers simulated baseball games for 72 American League starting pitchers from the 2014 season.

In 2005, at the age of 32, then Los Angeles Angel Bartolo Colón won the American League Cy Young Award for best pitcher, one of professional baseball's top honors.

In this episode, former big league pitcher Dr. Dave Baldwin talks about his run - in with Ted Williams, his life in science, the physics of the gyroball versus the slider, and how he finally made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Now, nine years later, as long as he keeps taking the drug, he can feed himself and answer questions, even demonstrate baseball grips (he used to be a minor - league pitcher).

All pitchers were under the age of 25 and had pitched at least one third of an inning in major league baseball.

Restricting the number of innings young Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers throw does not prevent injuries, according to new research from the University of Waterloo.

He is a star rookie pitcher in Major League Baseball.

With seemingly nothing else going on in her life, Lisa takes the questionable step of moving in with Matty Reynolds (Owen Wilson), a star Major League Baseball relief pitcher she has recently and casually begun dating.

Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher he can turn into a Major League Baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a reality show competition.

He goes to India to recruit some fast - throwing cricket players with the hope of turning them into Major League Baseball quality pitchers.

Participants were offered a cash prize plus an opportunity to train in America and then try out as a pitcher for a Major League Baseball team.

He wants to create a reality show style competition in India hoping to attract cricket players and in turn find the next best pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Ryan Dunne (Prinze) is a southpaw pitcher for the Chatham A's, a Cape Cod amateur league baseball team with your usual band of post-Ron Shelton sports movie misfits.

The relief pitcher, born in Panama in 1969, was a major league baseball player from 1995 until his retirement in 2013, having played for the New York Yankees for his entire MLB career.

The fact that you can go out to your back yard and throw a baseball does not make you a major league pitcher.

Well, when my son was playing little league baseball and he was a pitcher, he would get very upset if things got out of hand, if somebody hit a home run, for example, and it would affect him.