Sentences with phrase «as a relief pitcher»

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

thinks that Funkhouser, and Norris too, seem injury prone and might be better suited to working as relief pitchers?

A starting pitcher for all of his minor league career, he served as a relief pitcher for all of 2004 and 2005 before the Phillies attempted to convert him back to a starter in 2006.

Not exact matches

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

Secondly, the Tigers have a bunch of relief pitchers of varying promise, none of whom has established themselves as major league material.

On Monday Roger Craig was as good a pitcher as Early Wynn and when he needed relief there was Larry Sherry.

Comic Relief Pitcher On April 16, doctors diagnosed the painful back condition of the Padres» Larry Andersen as two bulging disks in his neck, but he decided not to have surgery.

Most prospect places, I have visited see Adams as a very good relief pitcher, not a starter.

Considering that Palmeiro has been red - hot for two weeks, disbelief ripples through the ballpark as the Kansas City Royals decide to let their relief pitcher Hector Carrasco face Palmeiro.

In more descriptive ones, parts of the Red Sox rotation have been unlucky (Clay Buchholz), other parts needed to change their game plan to get back on track (Rick Porcello, Wade Miley), some are better suited in relief (Joe Kelly) and Justin Masterson looks like he's either hurt or done as an effective big league pitcher.

In the series A History of the LOOGY, published in 2005, Hardball Times writer Steve Treder defined a «hard - core LOOGY» as a lefthanded relief pitcher who appears in at least 20 games in a season and averages less than one inning and fewer than 0.2 saves per game.

As for Face, he saved three games, and the surprising thing is that he failed to save a fourth, for Roy Face is the best relief pitcher in the business.

But I have collected everything from a silver pitcher with lotus in relief, two Limoges pitchers, and lots of little odds and ends......... I even found a large one which was the same design as a small one I had for years.