Sentences with phrase «at the bats as»

Before his arrival in Oaklandhe never had more than 25 straight at bats as a big leaguer.

For 10 yearsthey'd been telling the same stories — at Immaculata High School in Somerville, N.J., where the legend bookended a grand slam in his first at bat as a freshmanwith a blast in his last at bat as a senior; at the neighborhood diner Jerry «sPlace, where the legend's photo hangs next to one of Mickey Mantle; and here atthis warehouse turned hitting complex, where the legend's newspaper clippingsand old jerseys line the walls.

Arthur Chaet had a couple big time at bats as he reached base twice, scored twice and drove in a couple of runs in this Defensive affair.

Affleck's first time at bat as a filmmaker is more than promising, it's strikingly assured, showing a keen eye for the exact moment when action defines character.

We will have a brief discussion about bats, demonstrate acoustic monitoring, setup mist nets, and take a close up look at the bats as they are safely caught and released!

Not exact matches

In The Circle, Eggers doesn't so much take his best swing at technology as ignore its pitches entirely and chase after it with his bat.

Investments in technology have also been made at the league and franchise level - virtual reality, in - game wearable tech (the Motus Baseball Sleeve measuring stress on elbows and the Zephyr Bioharness monitoring heart and breathing rates) and the recent announcement of Blast Motion as the official «bat sensor technology» analyzing swings.

In March of this year he launched Stocksy as a co-op on an agrarian model, one that pays contributors 50 % off the bat and then pays dividends at the end of the year, divesting 90 % of its profits.

Assuming you used a discount brokerage house like Charles Schwab and paid about $ 9 per trade, you'd be looking at a $ 63 fee right off the bat, and no costs thereafter as you collected your big oil dividends without any interference from a third - party middleman.

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By all means take a swing at «Panama vs. Costa Rica» — but be ready to trade the bat for a magnifying glass as soon as you figure out exactly what kind of weather, scenery, population, infrastructure, cost of living, and real estate prices make up your ideal location.

Todd Hiestand and Mike Morrell did confess to having used the «bat shit crazy» term, but I don't recall them saying that they did it as part of any deliberate campaign — just that they were passing on hearsay or perhaps reflecting their own opinions at the time.

Now, as Nagel argues, this is not the sort of question that you can answer by looking at a few examples (bats for Nagel, Christians for us) and pointing and saying, «Well, being a bat (or a Christian) is like this.»

The brethren walk about in hatsAnd up they go and down they go.The brethren's hats are black as bats, Their faces are as white as snow, And up they go and down they go.Amen amen they say and thenThey turn their faces to the wall.As if they were not there at allThey turn their faces to the wall.They....

Things slowed down considerably after that, as Seager drew a walk in a nine - pitch at - bat, which brings up Justin Turner.

As far as I can tell, neither one of them had an at - bat in collegAs far as I can tell, neither one of them had an at - bat in collegas I can tell, neither one of them had an at - bat in college.

It's possible that the Cardinals think they have One Weird Trick To Fix Your Batting Approach, or it's possible they pegged him as a utility infielder at best, and they're freaking out right now.

The camera crew panned on Andre Ethier in the dugout for quite a bit during Forsythe's at - bat, as he was putting in eye drops and standing, and then there was no one deck for the Dodgers.

Ralph Green III is enormous and as good as anybody at batting down passes at the line, while end Robert McCray III did manage 5.5 TFLs for himself.

By the way, that might have been Ethier's last at - bat with the Dodgers, as he's a free agent this offseason.

So, you might as well put away your plans to calculate whether A-Rod has enough at - bats left in him over the next two years to surpass Barry Bonds on the all - time homer list, because if he's feeling good and he's close enough, he just might try to squeeze 2018 in there before he goes.

The original Reggie went toe - to - toe with his manager, swung the bat as if each time were his last and, what's more, did something that both enraged and delighted fans: He stood at home plate and had the nerve to admire his homers, something akin to making love in front of a mirror.

As much as I want to see Dahl starting in LF, if he is only going to be a bench piece, send him to AAA to get regular playing time and at - batAs much as I want to see Dahl starting in LF, if he is only going to be a bench piece, send him to AAA to get regular playing time and at - batas I want to see Dahl starting in LF, if he is only going to be a bench piece, send him to AAA to get regular playing time and at - bats.

He's far from alone, however, as Cleveland as a team has batted.265 /.340 /.453 during this 82 - game run... and have done so at a time that their starting pitchers, collectively, have an ERA of 3.34 with 10.6 strikeouts per nine and a 4.3 K / BB.

One of them (two if you count his show of force in batting practice before the event) even managed to ping off the roof as if he were hitting balls at his local indoor batting cage.

The faith that Will Middlebrooks is as good as 267 rookie at - bats suggest, and not as fatally contact - challenged as the other 2,700 professional at - bats suggest?

As the game came to the bottom of the 7th and Team Dorfman's final at bats the score remained the same.

It worked this time, as Keuchel got Judge to swing at a 3 - 2 slider that dropped well under his bat.

Beckham hits a walk - off, playoff - hopes - crushing HR off new closer Sergio Romo, stares at the ball as it leaves Camden Yards, does a Bautista-esque bat - flip, and proceeds to do the MC Hammer dance around the bases with both fingers pointed at Kevin Cash.

That final grasp of a lead didn't last long, though, as in the very next at - bat Judge doubled to left field that (thanks to some interference by a grabby, leaning fan) didn't get back to the infield in time to make a play at the plate to get Jacoby Ellsbury (running for Headley) out.

- Unless he really wants the headline «WWE Title Changes Hands on Foreign Soul», wouldn't Brock cashing in his rematch be just as much a Draw as Roman getting another «at bat» (unless Brock is promised X % wins / Creative Control as part of his contracts as well, in which case yet another reason not to like Brock's pampering)

You simply can not forge a title winning defence throwing Chambers in the deep end straight off the bat, Monreal at CB NEVER played there before, and as admirable as Bellerin was as far as break - out seasons go was electric going forward but in my opinion had bad games defensively.

Another problem is the decline of leftfielder Ray Lankford, who, as the batter behind McGwire, can't afford a repeat of last season, when he struck out once every 2.7 at bats.

Desmond enlisted outfield coach Jayce Tingler to run him through as many as three one - on - one tutorials a day, and spent his new club's batting practice sessions power shagging — he'd field each ball at full speed instead of lazily snagging them, as most outfielders do.

Hypothetically, if we brought up Kemp, would we utilize him as a «late inning bat» or would we send Fisher down to work on his stroke at AAA?

At El Segundo (Calif.) High School he batted over.400 as a centerfielder and pitcher, but only the Red Sox saw a big - league future for him on the mound.

To get his bat into the lineup, manager Fredi Gonzalez has used Gattis at first base and in leftfield as well as McCann's backup behind the plate.

At this point, a husband in the stands chose to get up and run away as the bat flew towards him and his wife, rather than stay and protect her.

Yes, it's unrealistic to think a Round 3 or 4 pick could instantly step in and perform better than Tartt right off the bat, but as we saw with 4 guys the 49ers drafted in Rounds 3 - 7 in 2017 (Witherspoon, Kittle, Taylor, & Colbert) it's not at all unrealistic to think the new guy could be as good as or better than Tartt by the middle of the season.

While Norman isn't specified as the player who directed pregame comments at Beckham, the Panthers star cornerback was holding the baseball bat and Stapleton says that Beckham perceived it as a message being sent.

The intentional walk went on as planned, and the Twins won the game in the next at - bat anyway.

Kipnis fared better than his teammate, as he laced a single up the middle after swinging through a couple of Chapman fastballs earlier in the at - bat.

IS DODGERS ROOKIE MATT KEMP THE NEXT JEFF FRANCOEUR?Kemp, who hit seven home runs in his first 45 major league at bats, is doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last year).

All those years toiling on the mound, peering down the long alley toward the plate at those constant disturbers of his sense of well - being settling into their stances and flicking their bats — and then to look down one day and find Henry Aaron there, the large, peaceful, dark face with the big eyes and the high forehead, and to know that one mistake, one small lapse of concentration, would place the pitcher's name forever in the record books as having thrown the «immortal gopher.»

«It's almost as if he said, «O.K., I'm going to go out and hit a home run in my first at bat.»

In my opinion, taking either of those guys with to Puerto Rico would be done as a human interest story, akin to when the Marlins gave Adam Greenberg an at - bat in 2012 after his career was derailed when he was beaned in the head in his first career plate appearance years earlier.

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 of 42.

It's unclear exactly where the 30 - year - old fits into Los Angeles» plans for 2015, as they already have Juan Uribe at third, Howie Kendrick at second, and an outfield already overflowing with players, but if his bat is as good as his numbers in Serie Nacional imply, they'll find room.

(Boog puts down the bat and leans against it in a typical batting posture as he looks out at the audience.