Sentences with phrase «at minor league»

This professional minor league baseball team based out of Crestwood, Ill. offers a great opportunity to experience a major league evening at a minor league price.

Tara, the famous cat who saved a boy from an attacking dog, threw out the first pitch at a Minor League game on Monday night between the Lancaster JetHawks and the Bakersfield Blaze.

Tara, the famous cat who saved a boy from an attacking dog, threw out the first pitch at a Minor League game...

Since with the pirates you have to spend time at all minor league teams and post all star numbers there before they deem you worthy lol

This is also something he can not experience at the minor league level.

I have to laugh at a minor league troll....

While people may believe that somehow those 6 teams (Pittsburgh, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Milwaukee) have figured out some secret, looking at the minor leagues figures show those teams are about as consistent about producing TJs as any other.

Bull Durham — The iconic Costner flick that looks at the minor leagues nearly top the top spot.

Not exact matches

The team shamelessly exploits its legend by making reference to the great St. Paul Saints of a bygone era — a minor - league team of the same name that rose to fame in the 1920s — at the lucrative concession stands and at its Web site.

Minor league companies that were going nowhere had a chance to reinvent themselves (or, at least pretend to) and they jumped at it.

Last weekend when the Charleston RiverDogs Minor League Baseball team hosted the Columbia Fireflies, they took a few jabs at the Fireflies» Tim Tebow.

The company's food also is sold at the parks when minor league teams play there.

Baseball is referenced on the logo of Westshore Pizza, and that association is maintained at several spring training and minor league baseball parks at which the company has locations.

This year, Aurelio's sausage was sold at the Joliet, Ill., Slammers and Whiting, Ind., Oilmen minor league baseball parks on buns with toppings like hot jardinière or tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.

Round Rock has established numerous attendance records at Dell Diamond and has remained in the top five in total attendance in all of Minor League Baseball 14 of the past 15 seasons.

A bottom - feeding minor league system at the time.

I hope that the Broncos have learned their lesson at this point and are asking college QBs, «If things don't work so well at QB, would you rather play H - back / tight end, or play minor league baseball?»

Coming out of GWHS, then heading to College of San Mateo, finishing up at SSU, then playing professionally in the minors and foreign leagues for six seasons, his journey is one of perseverance and tenacity.

Minor league baseball franchise generator Not an article with a bunch of words, but something I worked really, really hard at without noticing because it was so much fun.

Iguana attacks Andrew Loupe's ball at the Puerto Rico Open: San Francisco Giants» minor league, the Fresno Grizzlies, will wear these...

Alderson had peddled reserve outfielder Felix (the Other) Jose, who had been filling in for the injured Henderson, and two more minor leaguers to St. Louis for centerfielder McGee, whose.335 average with the Cardinals may well be good enough to win the National League batting race — at just about the time McGee swings into the American League Championship Series.

The Gunners can now only win a trophy in the two minor competitions of the league Cup and the Europa League, and we will need to get a result at Chelsea on Wednesday to give us our best chance oleague Cup and the Europa League, and we will need to get a result at Chelsea on Wednesday to give us our best chance oLeague, and we will need to get a result at Chelsea on Wednesday to give us our best chance of all.

As football coach at Amherst, before he came to Brown, he had effectively thumbed his nose at Princeton's famed Coach Bill Roper when the arrogant Roper decided to play his second team against Tuss's boys, since they were so obviously minor league.

Then a bullpen has to be found in the herd of prospects at the major and minor league levels.

Oh, and that this time next year I'll be saying, «Well, at least they're building up the minor league system now.

According to ESPN's Keith Law, they have the very best stable of prospects in baseball, and more than a couple of those prospects will have a clean shot at a major league gig if they perform well in the minors.

Last year Gattis hit 18 more homers and batted.305 at three minor league levels, finishing the season at Double A.

At that time Minor League Commissioner George Trautman stated that he would not approve a contract calling for a woman to play in organized ball.

Even a minor league player brought up to the majors for a trial must be paid at the rate of at least $ 6,000 per year for every day he is in the majors though his minor league contract might call for less.

Except don't forget that each of them had more than 100 games at third in the minors, and both of them played minor - league games at third in their first professional season.

That's not to be condescending to the team or country at all: it's just that baseball in the country is still in the early stages of development, and the roster was filled out by American minor - league and role players.

Even Josh Donaldson and Pablo Sandoval, who were primarily catchers, had more than 50 games at third in the minor leagues before they were called up.

At baseball's annual winter meetings, you see, the National Association, which is the governing body of the minor leagues, honors someone as the King of Baseball at its big banqueAt baseball's annual winter meetings, you see, the National Association, which is the governing body of the minor leagues, honors someone as the King of Baseball at its big banqueat its big banquet.

But you can at least bolster the bullpen and make a gaggle of deadline deals to build up the minor - league depth.

Even if, and I do not for a minute think that we will be this lucky, the injury problems picked up by Santi Cazorla, Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sanchez during the draw at Norwich turn out to be minor, and they are able to play for Arsenal again soon, I firmly believe that our chances of winning the Premier League title this season hinge on the January transfer window.

The Arsenal injury curse strikes again and what we were initially told was a fairly minor ankle problem ended up needing an operation to fix it, and now we have the usual setback to his recovery and the upshot of it all is that our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla will not be adding, during the current season at least, to the eight Premier League appearances he made before being subbed off during the Champions League hammering of Ludogorets Razgrad.

true, but the minor league complex is in Dunedin, which at a guess would have better facilities for a rehabbing player

If Tim Tebow ever does make the major leagues all eyes will be on his very first at - bat, if his first two minor league openers are any indication.

Today was Opening Day for Minor League baseball, which means this was the first time Tim Tebow had a professional at - bat.

It wouldn't be the last time he'd play baseball in North America, as the Cubs signed him to a minor - league deal where he was a player - coach back in 2014, and then he went on to play in the Dominican Winter League where he batted.313 /.409 /.510 at the age league deal where he was a player - coach back in 2014, and then he went on to play in the Dominican Winter League where he batted.313 /.409 /.510 at the age League where he batted.313 /.409 /.510 at the age of 42.

Henry Aaron, who was director of player development for the Braves, gave Mazzone the freedom to implement a similar throwing program at each level he coached in the minor leagues through the 1980s.

The return to the Marlins, according to the Miami Herald, will be three minor - league players, but who, exactly, is unknown at this time.

Lopez was the No. 48 prospect in baseball at midseason per Baseball America, and posted a 3.21 ERA in 19 minor league starts in 2016, with 126 strikeouts and 35 walks in 109 innings.

Bakayoko, who helped Monaco reach the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, was set to have already had his medical with the club, however it had to be postponed as the midfielder required minor knee surgery at the end of last season, as reported by Sky Sports.

A fan at the Dayton Dragons - Lake County Captains Minor League had one of the crazier diving catches on a homer.

After the Royals released him that year, Smith called almost every team in the majors, and the only one that offered him a job — and a minor league slot at that — was the Braves.

His impressive minor league numbers, his ability to make contact with the bat and his skill at handling pitchers combined to make rookie Jason Kendall a good preseason bet to start behind the plate for Pittsburgh in 1996.

They signed left - hander Francisco Liriano to a one - year deal at the start of spring training, but have otherwise remained content to let their bevy of minor league signings mix in with a roster that finished the 2017 season on a 6 - 24 run take its lumps in 2018.

For 10 yearseveryone had been waiting for the arrival of Jack Cust — the folks from thisarea of central Jersey, the major league scouts who have seen the preposteroushome run potential, the statheads who have followed him through the minors, extolling his discipline at the plate.

Bill Veeck loved Patkin's routine and used him a lot at Indians and White Sox games, but in recent years Max has been performing mostly in minor league parks.