Sentences with phrase «as a pitcher in»

Urias has as much talent as any pitcher in baseball.

Adam Dunn entered Tuesday's White Sox game against the Texas Rangers as a pitcher in the 9th inning with his team...

Not exact matches

George Herman «Babe» Ruth was a star pitcher in his early career but achieved his fame as «The Sultan of Swat» by hitting 714 home runs and driving in 2,213 runs in 22 seasons between 1914 and 1935.

According to TiqIQ, the average ticket price for Jeter's last regular - season home game has already reached more than 2 1/2 times the peak average price for the final home game of all - star pitcher Mariano Rivera, who debuted with the Yankees in 1995, the same year as Jeter, and retired last year after 19 seasons with the team.

Even though he's regarded by many as the best pitcher in the majors, that price tag would appear staggeringly high considering starting pitchers are only expected to start anywhere between 30 and 34 games.

Just as a relief pitcher and a starter are different types doing the same job, sales pros come in endless variety.

Of all the coaches he encountered in researching the book, the most fascinating to Feldman was Tom House, who first came to fame not as a quarterback guru but as an adviser to baseball pitchers.

As the picture swims up out of the darkness you see men in robes reclining around a collection of greasy plates, bowls, pitchers, cups, some of them still eating, reaching out with a piece of bread to sop up the last bit of gravy.

If you want, you can make a big pitcher of this in advance, but that wouldn't be as fun.

He tries to stand on anything that can be used as a step, like the Lego bucket, my nice stainless steel bowls, pitchers, whatever looks good, you can see the wheels a-turnin» in his head as he tries to figure it all out.

Why not make a pitcher of my pineapple - tequila cooler that I've dubbed as «vacation in a glass».

While sweet potatoes roast, place all ingredients in blender or food processor bowl and blend until smooth and creamy, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl or pitcher as needed.

In a pitcher or large bowl, combine 6 cups assorted fruit (such as mango, pineapple, cantaloupe, and apricot), sliced or cut into pieces, 1/4 cup thinly sliced peeled fresh ginger, 1 to 1/2 cups fresh basil or mint leaves, and 1/2 cup orange - flavored liqueur.

In a large mixing bowl or pitcher, add Brandy and Cointreau, then the maple syrup, and stir to incorporate as much as possible.

In blender combine all ingredients, poor through fine mesh, pressing through as much as possible with spatula into glass pitcher.

Make some refreshing cocktails and serve them in large mason jars or pitchers with colorful straws such as fruity mojitos, frozen fruit granitas, fruit punch, iced tea or lemonade made with lots of fresh fruit, ice, soda, lemon or fresh herbs to cool off the heat and make the party more fun!

Serving Suggestion: As an alternative to serving from a punch bowl, make the bellini mixture in a 6 to 8 cup capacity pitcher.

In the pitcher of a KitchenAid ® 5 - Speed Diamond Blender, puree the bananas, cream cheese, milk, cream, 1/2 cup dulce de leche, salt, and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.

I'm pretty comfortable believing the pitchers who appeared in the Pacific League from 1992 to 2000 are, at the very least, as talented as the pitchers who appeared in the National League from 1963 to 1971.

With an unproven baseball washout at QB (Weeden, who turns 28 in October, spent five years in the minors as a pitcher) and no clear No. 1 receiver last summer, Oklahoma State was tabbed for a fifth - place finish in the Big 12 South, allowing them to catch early opponents off guard.

Remember, Gattis doesn't have significant platoon splits, but it's also not going to matter here, as he gets intentionally walked to bring up another pinch - hitter, Cameron Maybin — it gets Kershaw a different matchup, and also, maybe more importantly, forces AJ Hinch to take Chris Devenski out of the game now and go to another pitcher in the bottom of the frame.

It might be prudent to anticipate a scenario in which one or two pitchers don't pitch as much in October.

As long as the Mariners threw in another pitcher into the deaAs long as the Mariners threw in another pitcher into the deaas the Mariners threw in another pitcher into the deal.

Ozzie, Jose's fraternal twin, was drafted as a hard - throwing righthanded pitcher by the Yankees in 1983, tore his rotator cuff three years later and lost 10 mph off his 90 - mph - plus fastball.

It's about to begin, his career as New York's ace, asthe highest - paid pitcher in history, as the latest move by baseball's big - moneyfranchise to regain its primacy.

Non-Braves prediction: If Cubs go deep into playoff in ’17 their pitchers will begin a noticeable decline as dead arms result from over-use.

As long as they're not expecting the new guy to fix the defense and teach the pitchers how to keep the ball in the park, they'll be finAs long as they're not expecting the new guy to fix the defense and teach the pitchers how to keep the ball in the park, they'll be finas they're not expecting the new guy to fix the defense and teach the pitchers how to keep the ball in the park, they'll be fine.

Former AAGPBL players such as Maybelle Blair, 88 (above), a pitcher with the Peoria Redwings in» 48, will attend.

They appeal to his status as the Pitcher of the»80s, or his performance in Game 7, or his tenacity, or that gleam in his eye that made you feel like you were going to be alright, or the smell of his aftershave as he cradled the rest of the team in his arms, or... whatever they feel like appealing to.

The EBAL now has a Hall of Famer as well in pitcher Randy Johnson of Livermore plus there's been more recent emerging MLB stars like Brandon Crawford of Foothill and Stephen Piscotty of Amador Valley.

«She came back in her junior year and really blossomed as a pitcher.»

This leaves out the questions about just how good he'll be in his transition to MLB, too — Maeda isn't in the same tier of pitcher as fellow NPB imports such as Yu Darvish or Masahiro Tanaka, with many believing he's a mid-rotation arm at best.

He combined for just 155 pitches in those starts, marrying effectiveness and efficiency, and he was as rested as a starting pitcher could hope to be entering the World Series.

By the way, that strikeout was Keuchel's 10th, putting him in company with Nolan Ryan and Mike Scott as the third Astros pitcher to record at least 10 in a postseason game.

It almost seems like it's something the organization is doing on purpose, acquiring pitchers with low strikeout rates (Tyler Chatwood, Jordan Lyles) and drafting them (Eddie Butler), as if putting the ball in play at Coors Field is the secret formula for success.

They could then be used or traded, as is most advantageous, as the Tigers» minor league pitchers move to the majors in the next 4 years.

It just gets mangled and all the actors look about as interested as Motter did in being a relief pitcher.

Players who pitch really badly their first year back might not get a second year, so wouldn't the data get more skewed towards good results as you get farther from the surgery and pitchers who aren't good enough to stick in the MLB drop out of the dataset?

And if down the stretch we're in it but need more pitching, we've got one of the minors best pitchers (Luzardo) as a possible reinforcement (I know, I know, he's almost certainly not coming up this year, but I can dream — as a side note, I really think teams like the A's should be more aggressive with promoting pitchers who have shown they can pitch and have stuff that seems like it can get out major leaguers — why wait when they'll probably just blow out their elbow anyway — might as well get some quality innings out of them in the majors — yeah, I'm salty about Puk, but whatever, I've held this belief for a long time).

Gary Nolan was sent to California for Infielder Craig Hendrickson and a player to be named later; unsigned Rawley Eastwick went to St. Louis in exchange for minor league Pitcher Doug Capilla; Mike Caldwell was dealt to Milwaukee in return for two minor leaguers; and Pat Zachry wound up in New York as part of the Seaver deal.

As for pitcher injuries, maybe if they are that common and difficult to predict no pitcher should go in the early part of the first round.

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

If a pitcher is a good fast ball pitcher, he operates in much the same way, using his curve as a waste pitch and to keep the batter guessing, his changeup to keep him off balance, the fast ball to get him out.

The changeup, however, can be fickle, especially for young pitchers, because it requires «feel» that can be elusive — like putting as opposed to whaling away with the driver in golf.

So the batter dives into the pitch — he doesn't simply stride toward the pitcher as in the old days — and is just as likely to pull an outside pitch out of the park as he is to hit it out to the opposite field.

As far as Dodger pitcher Bob Welch is concerned, Sutcliffe deserves another award: best supporting actor in a short subjecAs far as Dodger pitcher Bob Welch is concerned, Sutcliffe deserves another award: best supporting actor in a short subjecas Dodger pitcher Bob Welch is concerned, Sutcliffe deserves another award: best supporting actor in a short subject.

Two questions are invariably asked of a good - hitting pitcher: Why not use him elsewhere in the lineup between starts; and if he fails as a pitcher, why not play him elsewhere full - time?

«You don't see young pitchers come in as starters anymore and surprise you with how good they are,» Cards closer Dennis Eckersley says.

It's a Dog's Life Schottzie (02), the pampered pet of Cincinnati owner Marge Schott, set a less - than - dignified tone for Red home games by cavorting on the field before game time, sometimes, in her excitement, leaving behind little «surprises» for the grounds crew and once almost tripping up pitcher Tim Belcher as he jogged before a start.

Still, if Ohtani is a good pitcher, and Ohtani's bat actually is an asset for the Angels when he's in the lineup, then oh man, this dude is going to create arguments about the Most Valuable Player award that I'm actually going to be invested in, because they're going to be philosophical and annoying as hell.