Sentences with phrase «little leaguer»

Pat Jordan, ballplayer - cum - writer, provides a running essay on how he was instilled with a love for the game, from his days as a little leaguer through his abbreviated professional career.

And unlike the paper - thin steel panels on many modern vehicles today, the aluminum panels are thick and sturdy enough to shrug off a fast, hard baseball strike by an all - star little leaguer.

Players choose from six character sprites who range from a little leaguer named Raptor, who wields a standard baseball bat, to Candyman, a mix of Pac - Man and The Joker who wields a long walking cane as his weapon of choice.

Quick Hits: In other news related to talented Bronx athletes: North Riverdale Little Leaguer Sean Gallagher, 9, pitched a perfect, 8 - inning game last week.

You and your future little leaguer will be delighted as they can easily distract themselves with your necklace and teethe to their heart's content.

Perhaps the two most common of all these shoulder injuries are Little Leaguer's Shoulder and Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy.

Similar to Little Leaguer's Shoulder, this injury involves damage to the growth plates.

Little Leaguer's Shoulder differs from Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy because in Little Leaguer's Shoulder the damage is done to the growth plate in the bone of the upper arm, while with Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy the damage is to the rotator cuff muscles that stabilize the shoulder.

Little Leaguer's Shoulder (LLS) and Little Leaguer's Elbow (LLE) are the most common injuries seen in kids ages 9 to 14.

Lessons are designed with each individual in mind and tailored to meet the needs of all players, from the beginning Little Leaguer to the player looking to make the transition from High School to College.

I hope every Little Leaguer reads this article and lives by it.

In Watson's case, Michael Egelhoff, who had been molested by him as an 11 - year - old Little Leaguer in Riverside in 1975, was so haunted by that abuse that he asked a private detective to see if Watson was still coaching children.

My son Ky was a Little Leaguer one season.

The painting depicts a muscular man, dressed only in a baseball cap, swinging a bat in front of a fully uniformed and rather perplexed - looking Little Leaguer.

A seven - year - old Little Leaguer in Freetown, Mass., was benched for two games because his mother missed her shift at the league's concession stand.

Mine is that if you don't want to get hit or thrown at until you do, don't be a jackass and slide into second with your cleats in the air when even Little Leaguer's know how to properly slide.

Today, his customers range from local Little Leaguers to major - college players from all over the United States.

A group of senior citizens laughs as hard as a neighboring group of Little Leaguers.

The highlight of the game came when two Korean Little Leaguers pulled...

The highlight of the game came when two Korean Little Leaguers pulled off Yasiel Puig - like bat - flips on fly ball outs.

Sportsmanship is great, but it's too bad these two Little Leaguers didn't have more time to practice this handshake so it wasn't so awkward.

The night before (June 3) Sacramento Republic FC will recognize the Little League Players and Team Buddies at their Home game, while the Little Leaguers enjoy the experience of a professional soccer game.

With upper level tickets as low as $ 5, introducing your future Little Leaguers to baseball does not have to break the bank.

The other five baseball fields would be for Little Leaguers.

Learning the cycle of a service project: Little Leaguers hosted a bake sale at the annual JLDOC Bargain Sale.

The Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties» program, Little Leaguers, is designed to teach «little» members of the community the difference that they can make through volunteering.

Spreading knowledge about healthy foods: Little Leaguers sponsored a booth at the Chapel Hill Farmer's Market in the fall and one at the Durham Farmer's Market in the Spring where they encouraged community children to take part in a scavenger hunt.

Little Leaguers helped bring a service focus to the annual JLDOC Santa Brunch.

Unfortunately, the ballfields have fallen into disrepair in recent years, leaving Little Leaguers and many other sports teams without a place to play on account of poor drainage.

Surrounded by local families, community leaders and Little Leaguers, State Senate Coalition Co-Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and Council Member Andrew Cohen (D - Bronx) announced $ 3 million in capital grants securedin this year's state and city budgets for a comprehensive renovation of the baseball fields in the Woodlawn area of the Bronx.

Maggie Lawson («Psych»), former softball all - star, is a newly single mom who takes on coaching a team of «Bad News Bears» Little Leaguers.

Additionally, if you need to visit the home center or take the little leaguers to a game, there's lots of room thanks to storage bins under the seats and even the front passenger seat folding down.

Regretfully, fielding isn't as proficient, with your outfields moving like obese little leaguers.

The ads remind us (accurately) that half the electricity in America comes from coal, then shows images of little girls getting tucked into bed at night or Little Leaguers playing ball under the lights.

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I could understand the reasons for the others (outside of Alex Wood for a 30 year old minor leaguer) but those two made very little sense at the time.

«I showed him the little things that make you a big leaguer.»

Little League lessons: Major leaguers on childhood advice Today's major league stars started as children with dreams.

Though more often than not these days I would rather be watching Sunday leaguers slogging it out down at the local park for little more than the joy of the game and competition, I found myself fixated, along with millions of other world citizens, at the unfolding spectacle that is, and has become, El Clasico.

These will make your little man look like a real ivy leaguer and ready for anything.

Not a small number of film lovers — those who see themselves in these foulmouthed little - leaguers — would call this one of the key movies of the»70s.

Boden and Fleck are best known for a few well - loved indie movies: Half Nelson, which gave us Serious Ryan Gosling; Sugar, a muted and brilliant look at a Dominican minor leaguer in Iowa; and Mississippi Grind, a lovely little gambling movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn that is catnip for movie bros everywhere.