Sentences with phrase «national league season»

That he earned the confidence of Mark Cooper to start the season ahead of veteran Sam Russell, who played every minute of their promotion - winning National League season a year ago, bodes well however.

Bayelsa United Chairman Tony Ogola Say's his team is fully prepared ahead of the new Nigeria National League season (NNL).

As the 40th National League season went into its second month the defending champions trailed while Toronto skaters were making crowds aware of youth

Not exact matches

Starting next season, Rogers Communications will be the National Hockey League's exclusive broadcast and multimedia partner in Canada.

Of the six Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, only the Ottawa Senators reported that they did not sell 100 per cent of their tickets for the 2009 - 10 season — and the Senators were at 98.8 per cent.

Edmonton, the worst team in the NHL last season, placed 29th in the Index, while Calgary (25th), Montreal (23rd) and Ottawa (19th) all finished in the bottom half of the National Hockey League.

A season ago, Kemp led the National League in home runs, runs and RBIs, swiping 40 stolen bases in the process and nearly winning the Triple Crown.

Dickey led the National League in strikeouts and became the first knuckleballer to ever win the Cy Young this season.

The National Football League's St. Louis Rams are moving to Los Angeles next season, and the San Diego Chargers may join them.

Financial Review Rich Lister Larry Kestelman has a big off - season coming up for his National Basketball League.

The decision to open up its online Sportsnet comes as the Toronto Blue Jays begin a promising season, but also as Rogers's revenue is suffering from the fact that no Canadian team has qualified for the National Hockey League playoffs.

Obviously there is a vast difference in quality because we are seeing a major Premier League team coming up against a side that was only promoted to the National League last season.

It is not just that he is 26, in his fifth pro season, won a Heisman Trophy and national championship at Auburn, was the league's No. 1 pick and Rookie of the Year in 2011 and likely will be named the NFL most valuable player this year.

The Giants» Matt Williams, regarded as the National League's best third baseman last season, has had a miserable year.

The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

There are five teams out of 30 that are going to start the season without a ton of hope, and they're all in the National League.

Wrestling with National League statistics covering three full seasons, Mullen reduced them to a series of logarithmic graphs and then to a cardboard dial and pointer which sells for a dollar.

Janssen has hit 27 in 34 league games in his debut season for Alkmaar, was prolific for the Dutch U21s & has now made two appearances for the full national team - drawing comparisons with all - time great, fox - in - the - box Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

The National League before this season, though, wasn't so hard to predict.

Imagine explaining someone in 2000 that there wasn't a single National League team to crack 200 homers just 14 seasons later.

According to our BetLabs software, home dogs in the National League that receive less than 30 % of moneyline wagers have earned +59.87 units since the beginning of the 2005 season.

The third baseman and outfielder is hitting.259 /.393 /.515 with 16 home runs, 16 doubles, and a National League - leading 53 walks so far in 2017, in just his third full season, after winning Rookie of the Year in 2015 then MVP in 2016.

During a season in which he leads the National League with 159 hits and is second in batting average, Giants outfielder...

Seager came up and demolished National League pitching at the end of last season, which is understandably making folks optimistic about him.

The National Hockey League announced Monday that regular - season games through Dec. 30 have been canceled, as the Players Association and the league have yet to come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining AgreLeague announced Monday that regular - season games through Dec. 30 have been canceled, as the Players Association and the league have yet to come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreleague have yet to come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

With just a month left to go before the start of the new Premier League season the Gunners have added only the central midfield star of the Switzerland national team.

Though Detroit just won the National League championship after a bruising 70 - game season, the top four (of six) eastern professional teams have been whacking away at each other all over again to decide who wins the real championship.

Reports coming from Colombia point that the national goalkeeper David Ospina may still stay in the Premier League for the new season.

The five toughest pitchers to hit last season in each league (according to opponents» batting average) were all power guys: Al Leiter, Smoltz, Hideo Nomo, Brown and Curt Schilling in the National League and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American Lleague (according to opponents» batting average) were all power guys: Al Leiter, Smoltz, Hideo Nomo, Brown and Curt Schilling in the National League and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American LLeague and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American LeagueLeague.

Don Drysdale and Don Newcombe, sometimes used as pinch hitters by the Dodgers, share the National League single - season home run record (seven) for pitchers.

Jimmy Skinner, Red Wings» first - year coach who brought Detroit through to two - point edge over Canadiens during regular season for seventh straight National Hockey League title, accepted congratulations on his feat, wearily commented: «I'm tired and I want to take a bath.»

Even with McGwire available for only 89 games last season, the Cardinals still won the Central Division title before losing to the Mets in the National League Championship Series.

• Tony Gwynn, who became the first National League player since Stan Musial to bat.300 or better for 10 straight seasons.

Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer might win the National League Cy Young this season, and he's pitching as well as he can in Game 3 of the NLDS, dominating the Chicago Cubs.

Gary Sheffield entered the season's final week with a shot, albeit a slim one, at becoming the first Triple Crown winner in the National League since 1937.

Who would ever have thought that the season's only no - hitter would be thrown by the Dodgers» Kevin Gross; that the only National League player to hit three homers in a game would be Atlanta shortstop Jeff Blauser; that Jose Canseco would be a Ranger; and that the National League strikeout leader, David Cone, would be anchoring the pennant drive for the Blue Jays?

After arranging for Colin Kaepernick to work out for the Seahawks this week, Seattle postponed the trip when the quarterback declined to stop kneeling during the national anthem next season, league sources tell ESPN.

HOCKEY Montreal Canadiens kept lead in National Hockey League as Rookie Henri Richardrapped two goals in 6 - 0 whitewash of Chicago Black Hawks after Boston Bruinshanded Canadiens first loss of season 3 - 2.

The Pirates were battling to stay alive against the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series, the Steelers were in the midst of what should have been a hot quarterback controversy, and Pitt football coach Paul Hackett was struggling through such a wretched season that newspaper columnists from other cities were suggesting he should be run out of town.

The Braves have finished fifth or sixth in the National League West every year since 1985, averaging 96 losses a season.

You could make the case for him as the most valuable third baseman in the National League, and the seasons that he and Anthony Rizzo are having have helped the Cubs survive Jason Heyward's uncharacteristic and alarmingly lengthy struggles.

Last season Zlatan scored career highs in league goals (38) and total goals (50) for Paris Saint - Germain en route to league and national cup titles for the Ligue 1 giants.

Last season Nelson Cruz led the American League in home runs with 40 while Giancarlo Stanton led all National League hitters with 37.

The Dodgers have won the National League West in each of the last four seasons, and, as they sit 11.5 games up in the division as of this writing, they'll likely make that five in a row.

This season Bryce Harper (+200) opened as the favorite to be the first back - to - back National League MVP since Albert Pujols (2008 - 2009).

The bottom line is that they don't care that the 1987 season is opening without the American League's best pitcher and catcher and the National League's best player.

Aubamayang didn't just do it for Dortmund he did it for his national side as well scooping both African player of the season and player of the season for the German league.

In parts of eight major league seasons with the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Pirates, and Nationals, Melancon has a 2.60 ERA in 444 games, with 168 saves, 407 strikeouts and 101 walks in 404 innings.

Both leagues set records (in a strike - shortened season, at that) for most pitchers used overall (starters and relievers combined): 290 in the National League and 295 in the American League.

In the National League, R.A. Dickey has been one of the season's most incredible stories.