Sentences with phrase «away from baseball»

Over the years, even as black youths turned away from baseball and toward football and basketball, JRW blossomed into one of the most successful and heralded youth baseball leagues in Illinois.

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About seven miles away from Kauffman Stadium, where the Royals play, is the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), a seven - employee institution whose mission is «preserving the rich history of African - American baseballBaseball Museum (NLBM), a seven - employee institution whose mission is «preserving the rich history of African - American baseballbaseball.»

In his time away from the hotel, Roger loves Saints football, Yankee's baseball and a little construction project here and there.

But it's even more entertaining to watch the hitters panic, knowing that the baseball can dart a foot away from the plate if it doesn't bore right in on their damned thumbs.

Barely a year removed from trading away their top two starting pitchers with an eye toward the future, the Diamondbacks led the NL West and were poised to become baseball's latest worst - to - first story.

In baseball we have moved away from betting on totals and have focused instead on moneyline plays.

That baseball was two weeks away from retirement, but then it was murdered.

I'm not sure if we've defined the same kind of upper limit for hand - eye coordination and reaction time, especially if baseball moves away from a homer - as - best - result philosophy of hitting.

On his way home from Ann Arbor, he talked in the car about baseball, about how much he wanted to bring a minor league team to Fort Wayne, about business ventures he wants to get into and about how wonderful it is to be free again and how a man can take for granted all the small, surpassing pleasures in life until prison takes them away.

We're used to the idea of the Dodgers as a financial behemoth, rushing in to give Yasiel Puig $ 40 million more than anyone expects him to get, or elbowing the rest of baseball out of the way to sign Zack Greinke away from their cross-region rivals.

Things have pivoted away from making baseball easier for kids to get there.

The Royals were a good baseball team — let's not take anything away from their fantastic run, or come off as trolling the day after their run ended at the left arm of Madison Bumgarner.

They would take money away from Major League Baseball franchises, who are the ones paying the salaries.

«He had an incredible football season where we were a touchdown away from winning section and going on to NorCals, and he was an immeasurable part of the success of the baseball program,» Carlson said, «but he has always been first class.»

After a month of splashing and mud fights both at games and at practice we moved the field away from the sewer so that it included the entire baseball diamond at the other end.

Baseball takes the betting spotlight away from the NBA for the most part this time of year, but bettors have found something they really like in this particular game.

Opening Day is a few short hours away and the boys from Bet The Board drop their 2017 MLB Season Preview with an assist from baseball almanac Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports.

My son is two years past the traditional Little League age... he will start his freshman year of high school in two months and he seems light years away from being a 12 year - old playing baseball on the 60 foot diamond.

If you're worried that your son or daughter won't take away as much from a non-competitive sport as from football, basketball, or baseball, take a breath.

Regardless if children are involved in a developmental program like T - ball or coach - pitch baseball; a competitive team sport like volleyball or softball; or an individual sport like swimming or track and field; they come away from the experience with greater skills and even greater memories.

We're just 1 baseball cap away from being back in 2001.

Baseball legend Satchel Paige, one of the greatest pitcher in the history of the sport, had a simple philosophy when it came to pitching: Keep the ball away from the bat.

The improved level of detail is equivalent to being able to count the stitches on a baseball from 8,000 miles away.

I was looking down at my feet when what else, a baseball, rolled inches away from my feet, I was ecstatic to look up and to see a father and son playing catch with a baseball.

Not one to shy away from anything, the fashion risk - taker made a bold statement in leather overalls, styling them with a backwards leather baseball, a striped high - neck crop top, statement Chanel earrings, a Chanel cross-body purse, and high - shine mirrored sneaks.

For this week's SIA I had grand plans to come up with something baseball or menswear inspired, take pictures at a local baseball field or even take a trip up to Wrigley Field (which is six miles away from me).

Personal favorites — apart from Lily Rose Depp and Usher sitting just two rows away from me, and the impressive show space — were the reoccurring super feminine ruffles, in combination boyish baseball caps, and — of course — the «digital» box - clutch... I haven't seen it up close yet, but there's real little lights in it.

I didn't snap a pic of James while they were practicing because I was trying to keep Jordan away from all those flying baseballs!

Most Atlantans are huge sports fans, and how could you not be when you're only minutes away from the Braves (baseball), the Hawks (basketball), the Falcons (football), United FC (soccer), Blaze (lacrosse), and the Gladiators (hockey).

Critics Consensus: Powerfully acted and emotionally affecting, The Phenom proves a baseball movie can step away from the mound and still deliver a heater down the middle.

Critic Consensus: Powerfully acted and emotionally affecting, The Phenom proves a baseball movie can step away from the mound and still deliver a heater down the middle.

With 15 seasons of Major League Baseball under his belt, Moe Berg walks away from his catcher's career and the love of his life to dedicate his supreme intellect, linguistic skills and athletic prowess to the US's wartime efforts.

Light as a feather for most of its two hours, this Dazed and Confused throwback about a college freshman baseball player adjusting to his first time away from home revels in its utter lack of stakes.

The take - away then is not to hide test scores from the public, but for parents and taxpayers to become as interested and knowledgeable about education as they are about baseball and demand more from the educational establishment.

When my 8 year old daughter tried to pull her away from the fence, our pit bull locked onto her forearm (she only got her forearm because my daughter threw it up to protect her face, she was going for the face) and it took 8 minutes for my husband to beat her off, he eventually wound up using the weed whacker, after a baseball bat broke over the dog's back without even being noticed by her.

And that was part of the experience too: the countless sex workers, who surrounded all the major hotels near the Santo Domingo boardwalk, so much so, that I would eventually choose to stay away from the waterfront to avoid being harassed; the baseball talent scouts / agents, whose business practices in representing young teenage boys sometimes bordered on exploitation; and of course the hundreds of kids I met who had been taught they weren't supposed to amount to anything, but had strived for so much more.

Minutes away from shopping centers and just a short drive from Sedona, the Grand Canyon and the bustling cultural center home to the Phoenix Open, Spring Training baseball, five Major League sports teams, Arabian horse shows and more.

No matter what season brings you to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona there is always plenty to do - minutes away from shopping centers and home to the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Spring Training Baseball, Arabian horse shows and more.

Guests are just 20 minutes away from of the bustling ByWard Market neighbourhood and iconic Parliament Buildings and are within walking distance of the Ray Chabot Grant Thornton Baseball Stadium and St. Laurent Shopping Centre.

Through experimentation, you'll find the best way to deal with them is to grab a hapless ninja by the arm and slam him from side to side, smacking away surrounding mecha - canines with a human baseball bat.

From feeding giant stone faces, to throwing wayward baseballs so your Mom can dive out of your way, this game will keep you grinning and lightly chuckling away to yourself.

With SMB 2 having a more realistic art direction and appearance, it greatly takes away from the light - hearted spirit and humorous appearance of the original cast which made it stand out amongst all other baseball games.