Sentences with phrase «as catcher»

Add to the list of former major league baseball players now active in real estate (Today's REALTOR ®, June 1996, page 37) the name of Tom Lunstedt, a Minneapolis broker and national trainer of taxation and investment real estate courses, who had a three - year career as a catcher and an outfielder in the mid-70s, first with the Chicago Cubs, then with the Minnesota Twins.

To do so, Samsung will likely split production between its own facilities and many outside suppliers, from South Korea as well as other countries, such as Catcher in Taiwan, Android Authority notes.

For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought - provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller...

Our gallery was updated with screencaptures of Ewan McGregor as Catcher Block on Down With Love.

Described by its director as The Catcher in the Rye as told by Philip K. Dick, Donnie Darko combines an eye - catching, eclectic cast pre-stardom Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, heartthrob Patrick Swayze, former child star Drew Barrymore, Oscar nominees Mary McDonnell and Katherine Ross, and television favourite Noah Wyle and an evocative soundtrack of 80s classics by Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears and Duran Duran.

He had 396 homers as a catcher among his more than 400 homers.

The Dodgers signed and developed Jansen (as a catcher), and he became a star closer under their watch.

Rodriguez gave Tino Martinez that nickname because the Yankees first baseman has become his personal link to the other made Yankees (that is, the ones with world - championship rings) such as catcher Jorge Posada, centerfielder Bernie Williams, closer Mariano Rivera and especially shortstop, captain and clubhouse sachem Derek Jeter.

The umpire probably made the right call as the catcher had the ball in his hand and not in his glove while he made the tag.

Plus he spent much of his time in the minors as a catcher and is playing a position where many players don't seem to age well.

He didn't seem to be the only one that lost track, as the catcher started to leave the field too.

(Remember also that a few years before Bottalico was inducted into the fraternity of closers he was in the semipro Greater Hartford Twilight League, playing primarily as a catcher.)

Redmond, 41, spent 13 seasons as a catcher for the Marlins, Twins and Indians.

Fun fact: Tom Brady was drafted by the Expos in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB draft as a catcher prospect.

It was as a catcher that he was drafted in 1965 by the Reds, whose scouts had seen him go 1 for 8 in two Legion games but liked the way he threw and moved around.

«But I was always known as a catcher,» he says.

He had intimidating raw power and flashed an above - average arm as a catcher, but he was still a 26 - year - old fringe prospect with only 49 games of experience above high A ball.

As the catcher and pitcher are figuring this all out, the hitter is going through the permutations in his head, too.

The man has spent his entire life as a catcher, and it's an absolute part of his identity.

Jeremy defensively plays the game as well as any catcher we've ever had here, and in regards to his arm, there's no comparison — he's the best we've had in my 22 years at Foothill.»

During his 17 seasons (1967through» 83), Bench batted.267 with 389 home runs (a big league - record 327 ofthem as a catcher) and 1,376 RBIs and won 10 Gold Gloves.

Not exact matches

As a pitcher, you largely rely on your catcher and the shortstop... but still, everyone is on the same page.

Musk wants to slow the upper stage down during reentry and target a landing aboard a «catcher ship» like the boat, known as Mr. Steven, that SpaceX is using to attempt fairing recoveries in the Pacific.

According to the regulator, the article (which has since been removed) also included a live feed from Dylon's Facebook page, as well as a sentence at the end that said «It's at times like these we are thankful that Dylon Colour Catcher is there to save us.»

She has a shop in Brooklyn, where she sells clothing, handbags, and dream catchers that she makes, as well as jewelry and other items crafted by independent, local designers.

StingRay (also known as «Hailstorm» or «TriggerFish») is an «IMSI catcher» basically acts like a cell phone tower, and sends out signals which force cell phones to ping them back with information showing their owner's location and other identifying information.

«A baseball team entirely composed of catchers could have high esprit de corps,» Ellison offered as an analogy, «but it would not perform very well on the field.»

They include straight, beaker and ash - catcher types of bongs, as well as papers, vaporizers and wide variety of RooR gear.

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Even more shameful is the fact that the previous Liberal Party government went out of its way to encourage it as a vote catcher.

As they ran across a frozen body of water, the thief - catcher broke through the ice.

In 1569 in Holland, a Mennonite named Dirk Willems, under capital sentence as a heretic, was fleeing from arrest, pursued by a «thief - catcher.»

The catcher jumps to his feet, throws a rocket to the second baseman as the runner slides into the base.

Mark David Chapman cited Catcher In The Rye as his influence to kill John Lennon.

The «Quitter», a former half - term governor, could not be elected as a Wasilla dog catcher in her home state again.

If the congregation is on the team, it is as javelin catcher.

Our culture includes Shakespeare and Longfellow, but today it also includes such classics as Silent Spring and Catcher in the Rye.

My career options as a homeless exmonk are limited but I manage to be interviewed for posts as a rat catcher, a person who picks up litter and a railway signaller.

But let me suggest that what was dismissed as an atypical, off - message gaffe was in fact an expression of Mrs. Clinton's true sentiments — just as Donald Trump's boorish crack about Senator John McCain being a loser for having been a POW spoke volumes about his fitness for the presidency (or indeed for village dog - catcher).

The Astros» catchers in Triple - A are struggling just as poorly, and then there's the matter of Castro's ability to handle a pitching staff.

If they can get it to the catcher before the hitter touches home (we'll use a force play, here), it counts as a swing.

I mean, I know that I'd run any team I touched straight into the ground, but did you realize that Mariners catchers hit.159 /.205 /.259 as a group last year?

New York Yankee catcher Thurman Munson, waiting at home greeted Jackson with both hands, then gave him a little Sinatra wave of advance, as if the Yankee dugout were Munson's office and he had just asked Jackson in for smokes and a martini.

As the Cincinnati Reds chased a pennant in 1940, a dark family legacy tortured the mind of catcher Willard Hershberger

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.

As a consequence, I always asked to play catcher, particularly in games where stealing was not allowed.

When people hear the name Earl Woods, many immediately think of Tiger and some also think of Earl's breaking the color barrier as a college catcher, but I think of him as Lieutenant Colonel Woods, U.S. Army, a decorated Green Beret who commanded men in Vietnam and served his country.

When you adjust for position, it's nearly as hard to find starting - caliber first basemen as it is to find starting - caliber catchers.