Sentences with phrase «base runners»

He's the most exciting base runner in the league.

They were patient at the plate and got several base runners on..

The game was flying by with little base runners for much of it.

His starters last year had their own mantra: Allow base runners, remain wild, shower early.

He's not an exceptional defender or base runner either.

TEAM RUN - SCORING ABILITY The first - place Braves» low percentage of base runners scoring and the seventh - place Dodgers» high percentage prove it takes more than run production to win a pennant.

[***] New acquisition (R) Rookie B / T: Bats / throws IPS: Innings pitched per start BR: Base runners per inning pitched * Will begin season on DL ** 1996 stats

Catchers having to adjust a pitcher's game plan because of the presence of a good base runner on the base paths.

If you've ever wanted to read Japanese — whether for language study, travel, or playing import games — this is a great way to get started, and an enjoyable rhythm - based runner with an excellent chiptune soundtrack besides.

He kept base runners close with through - the - legs pickoff moves.

Past Cubs seasons were full of «lowlights» like base runners and fielders forgetting the number of outs, distracted players not watching pitches, and throws not going to the cutoff men.

You have never, at any point in your life, been daydreaming in a hammock and thinking, «Golly, I sure wish base runners could slap the baseball out of a fielder's mitt at first base.»

Yes, Winfield enjoyed petrifying base runners for several more seasons; and yes, gunslingers like Jesse Barfield and Bo Jackson and Mark Whiten popped up from time to time.

«Base Umpire Frank Dascoli said that Hoak was declared out under the rule covering base runners coming in contact with a batted ball and that the rule does not specify intent.»

The fans ooh and aah when he does his leg kick over the Indian base runner, and they eat up his chicken imitation.

The day that Max Patkin stops kissing base runners or crawling through catchers» legs or covering himself with dirt or getting the heave - hohoho from umpires, chances are that's the day he takes the Big Pratfall.

Not Gordon, who combines a corner bat with an accurate arm that racks up base runner kills.

And then we've had Pillar joining the ranks of the jet - heeled, elite Jays base runners that have stolen home (currently populated by, er, Kendrys Morales), Smoaky mashing for fun and profit, and all sorts of players suddenly remembering what the big round stick is for.

There's no doubt that Hamilton is the fastest and most dangerous base runner in baseball, but he's also an atrocious hitter.

It came in the bottom of the first inning of that third game, with Cardinal base runners on first and second and one out.

Zero walks, 6 base runners scattered throughout....

In» 89, Alvin Davis was the least aggressive base runner in the majors.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommend that players wear protective eyewear, which includes facemasks attached to batter and base runner helmets as well as polycarbonate faceguards for fielders.

Team Merar just kept getting base runners and then knocking them home.

They were really able to get a lot of base runners and forced Team Zimmerman into a few uncharacteristic mistakes.

Righthander Paul Wagner lost 10 of his first 11 decisions and permitted 13.8 base runners per nine innings.

Pitchers not being able to give the batter their 100 % undivided attention because of the presence of a good base runner on the base paths.

Morales, the cutoff man, let it go through to Camarillo, who fixed a tag on the Maroons» base runner for the second out.

To that end, she celebrated her ascension to the higher echelon of the Bay Area pitching chain — she had 176 strikeouts and allowed 95 base runners in 127 innings, and opponents hit.174 against her — by going to work.

In brief, it's a lane - based runner with a rudimentary shooting mechanic

The closest defensive player, the catcher, rarely has physical contact with a batter or base runner.

It wasn't a base runner sliding juuuuust to the right of second base and affecting the play.

He has to get the ball going one way, pivot and throw in another direction and get out of the way of the base runner.

«Fox doesn't run from any base runner,» says Kell.

If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball or a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play, the ball is dead

This was a base runner willfully and deliberately interfering with a fielder's ability to tag him.

Right in the base runners path.

Mateo's highlight throw — the one from two years ago at Double A Tulsa, when he leaped three feet above the left - center fence, stole a home run, landed and nailed the base runner returning to first, on the fly — was only a glimpse.

The sixth hit comes when the batter hits a ball that strikes a base runner.

Save for Guerrero and the explosive Guillen, the best outfield gunners are men who position themselves perfectly to make a quick throw; who charge the ball and come up looking not at the base runners but at the cutoff man.

Catcher Kurt Kingsolver, whose father played for Oklahoma State in the 1954 College World Series, threw out three base runners and picked another off first.

A catcher, for instance, has to chasten the base runners.

«If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play, the ball is dead, the umpire shall call the runner out for interference and also call out the following runner because of the action of his teammate.

I've seen several games where virtually every base runner he allowed came around to score.

This year the box in the upper left - hand corner of the screen not only features the score, inning, ball - strike count and number of outs as in the past several years but also the speed of each pitch and a baseball diamond noting the position of base runners.

Not long ago he shared a cautionary tale from the work of Chuck Brodsky, whose 2002 album The Baseball Ballads includes the story of Fred (Bonehead) Merkle, who cost the 1908 Giants a chance to win the pennant when as a base runner he failed to tag second base on what would have been a walk - off single.

Base runners were aplenty.

But there was still a chance... Base runner after base runner reached and with 2 outs they managed to score that 5th run and tie it up!

«cents NOTABLE RULE DIFFERENCE FROM MAJORS: Base runners may lead off.

Shortstop Derek Jeter managed to grab an errant throw coming in from right field and then gently tossed the ball to catcher Jorge Posada, who tagged the base runner at home plate.