Sentences with phrase «as home run hitter»

These exercises are known as Home Run Hitter Exercises because of the way your body responds.

Chris Davis is excelling as a home run hitter on the field, because of his commitment off the field.

Not exact matches

I too have always thought of Great American as a bandbox, and it does allow a lot of home runs, but it disfavors hitters in other ways (e.g., left - handed hitters hit fewer triples and doubles than league average).

The next home run Cody Bellinger hits will give him as many home runs as any Giants hitter has hit in a season since Barry Bonds left.

Last season he had personal major league lows in home runs and RBIs, and at one point in September he got so fed up that he refused to enter a game as a pinch hitter.

The sophomore from Miami Norland high school has been outstanding as a featured back in 2013; he follows blocks better than a lot of home run hitters, but he still possesses home run capability.

After Raburn hit his seventh home run on the season, and also breaking up the no - hitter by Tigers starter Jose Alvarez's carried in his major league debut, Cabrera playfully threw gum at the ex-Tiger as he ran by third base.

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.

And although he is a good, determined pull hitter who is learning to go to the opposite field as well and baseball men are predicting he will hit 30 home runs a year, he may never be as good a hitter as Dickey or the others at their best.

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As we indicated earlier, no hitter in baseball is projected to hit more than 41 home runs and no batter recorded more than 40 home runs last season.

The next Austin hitter sent a single to right to knock in a second run, and as the Maroons» third base coach waved the tying run home, the favorites looked to seize their chance.

Doerr, one of baseball's most respected hitting coaches, projects Ainge as a.280 to.300 hitter with 15 to 20 home runs.

The right - hander, who turns 30 in February, won't get to hit as often with the designated hitter in the American League, but Gallardo is the active leader among pitchers with 12 career home runs.

As of 2009, when Thome was 38 and a career.277 /.404 /.557 hitter with 564 home runs, there were people still wondering if he would make it.

«I used to think of Donnie as a line - drive hitter with home run power,» says Piniella.

I mean, it doesn't help that Giancarlo Stanton has as many home runs at AT&T Park this year (3) in 17 plate appearances as the Giants» cleanup hitter has in 248, but the problems go far beyond that.

Baseball is back for another year of home runs, intentional walks, and those rare - but - amazing no hitters; MLB 14: The Show for the PlayStation Vita is back as well, offering you a virtual field to test your skills on.

As a hitter, he has remarkably quick hands that give him tremendous plate coverage and figure to provide solid home - run power in a few years» time.