Sentences with phrase «sosa home run balls»

When the super-bouncy home run ball came into play, though, he started struggling (along with the rest of the Rays» rotation).

So 60 and the home runs to follow require special baseballs, ones that can be identified in perpetuity, avoiding the fates of the famous home run balls of Bobby Thomson in 1951 and Bill Mazeroski in»60 that were lost to oblivion.

It was recovered there by a policeman named Clarence Williams, holed up in his canyon with just a piece of sky overhead so that he never saw the home run ball until it came over the fence and bounced at his feet, spattering his uniform with mud.

A man was so set on catching this home run ball that he destroyed a little girl...

At Wrigley Field, visitors» home run balls must be thrown back.

This happy Chicago Cubs fan was ecstatic to catch a home run ball, but he got a little over excited with...

Paul Finkelman, a professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law and a consultant in the lawsuit over ownership of Barry Bonds's 73rd home run ball, says neither.

Pirates first baseman Garret Jones became only the second player ever to hit a home run ball out of PNC Park and...

«I'm getting a lot of ribbing,» said McFarlane, who owns seven McGwire 1998 home run balls, «but if having my balls neutered brings joy to this country now, then I'm ready to do my patriotic duty.»

Archer struggled with the home run ball and almost lost 20 games somehow, but you all know he's still great.

That was a home run ball hit off me in 1937 by Jimmie Foxx.»

In 1996, Charlie Sheen bought 2,615 outfield seats at Angels Stadium in nearby Anaheim — so he could catch a home run ball, he came up empty handed.

Playing baseball with a nudge from his father (Martin Short), Martin's home run ball is retrieved by an excited Sparky, who is hit by a car while crossing the street.

here is the lesson: while it's a prudent and safe strategy to methodically invest in a diversified basket of undervalued stocks — that is, to invest in value stocks, sell them as they approach fair value, and reinvest profits into further undervalued stocks — it is also prudent to be alert and always prepared for an opportunity to hit the home run ball.

It's a lot like buying the game - winning home run ball from your favorite pro baseball player, or having Michael Jordan sell you a pair of signed basketball shoes, and it lends a sort of authenticity to the entire system that other games have yet to successfully replicate.

«Bonds 73rd Home Run Ball Dispute Makes it to Law School (and Theaters) Main U.Va.

We can all learn something from the story of a Cleveland Indians fan giving Japanese star rookie Shohei Ohtani's first home run ball to a 9 - year - old Angels fan, who then gave the ball back to Ohtani.

Not exact matches

Innovation is about «small ball» — a succession of base hits and quick scores rather than swinging for the fences and hoping for home runs.

Everyone realizes the fan doesn't throw a pass, catch a ball or hit a home run.

I, too, recognized it was me — whatever I did — my doing, my responsibility, hard - work — whether I scored a touchdown, hit a home run, scored 25 points in a b - ball game, or kicked someone's ass in Jiu - Jitsu or Karate.

I ran in parks with friends, hung out in the local boys» club after school, played ball, and once risked entering the abandoned home known as «the haunted house.»

A ball that would be a soaring home run to dead center in St. Louis falls languidly short in Detroit, like a hawk slain in mid-flight.

But only seven pitches and five batters into the game, Atlanta led 3 - 0, and the fans seated in the Stick's outfield had caught as many of Swift's balls as had catcher Kirt Manwaring: two, courtesy of back - to - back home runs by McGriff and Justice.

Even his lack of imp [act in the first half was not really Giroud's fault as hardly had a touch of the ball and I remember him running around to try to close the home team down without any help from the rest of the team.

In the Home Run Derby, he'll be facing a pitching coach of his choice, who will lob balls down the heart of the plate.

So to summarize: Mookie Betts made an amazing catch on a ball that would have probably stayed in the yard, front - flipped over the wall, and dropped the ball for a home run.

First hit: Mahtook First walk: Cabrera First run: Mahtook First RBI: Castellanos First home run: None (if I have to pick somebody, I'll say Cabrera) First strikeout (Tigers hitter): Martin First reliever used: Saupold First pitch velocity (mph): 91 First pitch result (strike / ball): Strike Game result (Tigers win / loss): Win Tigers runs scored: 6 Attendance: 41,299

Johnson is an incredible threat out of the backfield — he caught 28 of 30 passes last year and averaged 10.5 yards per catch to Mack's 8.1 — but without Mack's home run capability, USF might need to snap the ball a few more times to score.

Aaron Judge (+175) has absolutely crushed the ball in his rookie season, batting.329 with 30 home runs and 66 RBI.

After a record - shattering season for home runs in 1987, the long ball has come up short.

The former # 1 overall pick responded by absolutely obliterating the ball for a home run that he almost sent out of Nationals Park.

And arriving at the far post was Alan Sunderland, who tucked the ball home before running off screaming and clenching his fists.

After he began to struggle, the 6» 5», 220 - pound Olerud was persuaded by the Blue Jays to pull the ball more so he could increase his home run production.

Frazier kept running, thinking that the ball just hadn't beat him home and that he had scored a normal run to put the Yankees up by a run.

The ball bounced crazily away from him and Pierce lumbered all the way home from second base with the only run of the game.

He has nobody to play with, but every day he stands in the shadow of the barn, batting balls into the empty chrome skies, and every day his dog, his faithful soft - mouthed yellow mutt, tirelessly retrieves his every grounder, his every pop fly, his every line drive and then, yes, his every epic home run...

Outfielders aren't trained to throw home to get a runner starting at third on a base hit, Heredia was probably looking at the ball and not Choo, if he throws home and doesn't get him, the go - ahead run would get to second base.

Both of them consume whole goats as villagers throw stones at them, and it's only fair if we get to watch them in the Home Run Derby, sending ball after ball into the spinning - marlin wormhole while kids run into each other belRun Derby, sending ball after ball into the spinning - marlin wormhole while kids run into each other belrun into each other below.

Baseball's big public data repositories don't have detailed postseason batted - ball information available, but Houston's made 10 more air outs this series than L.A., in addition to those four more home runs.

So with two outs and the bases loaded, Darvish came to the plate — and Edwards threw him four straight balls to walk a run home.

You could say that the run of the ball went in the home team's favour a lot more often than ours but to be honest I would say that Everton deserved it as they put in a really spirited and committed performance and we just could not quite match their intensity.

The teams met in Brazil for the second leg with Once running out 2 - 0 winners thanks to Diego Amaya opening the scoring, followed by Dayro Moreno 6 minutes later as he slammed the ball home.

Had he leaped into the stands first and then caught the ball it would have been a home run.

Tebow is not going to be Mike Trout, but it takes extraordinary athletic ability to hit four home runs as a 29 - year - old in A ball.

Because it has become harder to throw the ball past hitters and because mistakes on the inside half of the plate often become home runs, not just singles and doubles, pitchers nibble maddeningly off the lower and outside boundaries of the strike zone.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson managed to hit a home run in this charity soft ball game while wearing...

On both home runs, the ball looked like home plate had a restraining order against it and it had to leave the premises as fast and emphatically as possible.

The ball dribbled to the right and the surprised second baseman delayed fielding it long enough for the surprised third base coach to send the surprised runner on third home with the winning run.

Referee Lee Mason played the advantage as the ball ran on to Gary Taylor - Fletcher who scored for the home side who then threatened an equaliser which never came.

The last time I played Wiffle Ball, Lyndon Johnson was President, Mickey Mantle was hitting home runs for the Yankees and the game with the plastic bat and ball was strictly for kids, a safe way for parents to introduce future major leaguers to the national pastBall, Lyndon Johnson was President, Mickey Mantle was hitting home runs for the Yankees and the game with the plastic bat and ball was strictly for kids, a safe way for parents to introduce future major leaguers to the national pastball was strictly for kids, a safe way for parents to introduce future major leaguers to the national pastime.