Sentences with phrase «ace righthander»
Toronto is dangerous because it has ace righthander Roy Halladay (9 - 2, 3.07 ERA) and a high - powered offense (first in the majors in sluggingpercentage), but assuming the AL wild - card winner comes out of the Central, where the White Sox and the Tigers each were on pace for more than 105 wins, the Blue Jays would have to hurdle the Yankees and the Red Sox, who havefinished one - two in the East every year since 1998, to reach thepostseason.
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Righthander Sidney Ponson has top - of - the - rotation stuff but is inconsistent, righthander Jose Mercedes is an enigma, and Hentgen is more workhorsRighthander Sidney Ponson has top - of - the - rotation stuff but is inconsistent, righthander Jose Mercedes is an enigma, and Hentgen is more workhorsrighthander Jose Mercedes is an enigma, and Hentgen is more workhorse than ace.
Manager Art Howe's Opening Day staff will be infinitely better than last year's, when now - departed Jimmy Haynes — routinely ripped by teammates for his softness — shared ace status with Gil Heredia, a nomadic righthander who never had more than six wins in a year.
The Boston Braves would soon sign the Maroons» ace, righthander Jack Brinkley, to a $ 65,000 bonus.
He also was ruled out while running to first in Game 6 of the ALCS for slapping the baseball from the glove of Boston righthander Bronson Arroyo, a maneuver Red Sox ace Curt Schilling later called «bush league.»