Sentences with phrase «baseball fans knew»

In the case of Musial's retirement there was melancholy only because millions upon millions of baseball fans knew that the slender figure with the weird wiggling stance would never again pop up before their eyes or on their television screens, wearing the two red - birds on his chest and the big No. 6 on his back.

Making the Astros five percent better doesn't sound like a worthwhile goal when they're going to coast into the postseason, but baseball fans know that a five - percent difference can be the difference between a.250 hitter and a.300 hitter.

All baseball fans know that a manager's strategy changes throughout the game, especially in one - run games.

Along with showing us a world even most baseball fans know nothing about, Boden and Fleck capture Miguel's prodigious loneliness as he travels to the Knights» spring - training camp in Phoenix, where older Latino players show him the ropes: No hotel - room porn, no drinking beer from the minibar.

Baseball fans know that Bill James is the godfather of sabermetrics in baseball.

As all baseball fans know, a closer has to be ready to go at the drop of a hat.

If not, then it's a giant asterisk of Mark McGwire proportions (baseball fans know what I mean).

Not exact matches

If you're a baseball fan, you know C.J. Wilson: During his 11 - year MLB career with the Texas Rangers and Anaheim Angels he recorded 94 wins, 52 saves — yep, at different times he was a starter and a reliever — and posted a 3.74 lifetime ERA.

Even if you're not a baseball fan, or a hockey fan, or watch that particular program, do make it your business to know a little bit about it.

We're all fans of the same team, you know, «best fans in baseball» 2.

However, the other, darker side of those two minds knows that if you give 100 baseball fans this sentence and ask them to fill in the blank...

So, if you don't know who to root for but want to watch more baseball at home, you're temporarily a Blue Jays fan.

That way no matter where you live, if you're an Astros fan you will be able to see Houston's baseball team throw a massive party after winning its first World Series ever.

No, I want you to imagine you're a baseball fan in 1971.

I don't know about Philly's baseball and basketball fans, but I think their hockey fans have just as bad a rep as their football fans.

BIG LEAGUE SECRETS: CAUSE AND EFFECT Sirs: As an avid baseball fan, to whom the pitcher has always been the most interesting player on the team (I married one who gave it up to study medicine), I want you to know how much Sal Maglie's fine article (SI, March 17) will increase my enjoyment of the game.

To be a baseball fan is to know that the best players are usually the cheapest players.

A baseball fan who has been paying attention knows that Ender does not pass the eye test.

• Stephen Talley, 5 - year - old Cincinnati baseball fan, asked by his mother after he got home from a Reds game whether they played The Star - Spangled Banner: «No, they played the Cardinals.»

The TV situation is still a mess, and while you and the rest of the baseball nerds know who Scott Kazmir and Kenta Maeda are, all the typical fan knows is that Zack Greinke isn't there.

We know Kate's a baseball fan, having dated the Tigers» Justin Verlander and attending a Bronx Bombers game.

Baseball fans or not, some of you may know that Barry Bonds (of BALCO infmay) will most certainly break baseball's most hallowed record any Baseball fans or not, some of you may know that Barry Bonds (of BALCO infmay) will most certainly break baseball's most hallowed record any baseball's most hallowed record any day now.

That well - known baseball fan Mamie Van Doren has reported in again.

Know a little baseball fan?

Ms. Mark - Viverito, no die - hard fan, conceded she didn't know how baseball transactions exactly worked, but said speaking out against domestic violence was a priority for her.

You are raising kids; you write book after book for general audience in addition to research paper after research paper for a lay audience; you love, you know, regular stuff like Bugs Bunny cartoons and Mel Brooks movies and baseball — he's a Boston Red Sox fan [but what are you gonna do?].

So maybe you know this, or maybe you don't, but I am a huge baseball fan.

Once the game is set up the way it should be («sliders»), and any real baseball game fan knows this, it plays very well in the end.

It's that to enjoy this film, you don't have to be a fan of baseball, or even know anything about the game aside from knowing a bunch of guys head out of the field to smack around some leather balls with wooden bats.

Even baseball fans will be sorely disappointed in how the game is depicted, with almost no adherence to any known rules (the Benchwarmers only field three players), while the games themselves have no real rooting interest, concocted merely to show more pratfalls, players getting injured, and bats flying out of the park into vehicles or people.

May 3, 2018 - When it comes to sports games, arcade baseball always provides good times no matter if you're a fan of the sport or not.

Even diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William Blakely, but in just a few weeks you'll be holding this dark tale in your own two hands so you can read it for yourself.»

Most Grisham fans know that the author is a major baseball fan.

Spring training has started for the 2014 baseball season and if you are a diehard fan such as myself, I know you want all the ins and outs of the season at your fingertips.

Dog lovers in Tulsa know that the best Drillers games to attend are the much - loved Bark in the Park nights when baseball fans can bring their canine buddies along to enjoy America's favorite pastime.

Before spending millions of dollars on a major - league baseball stadium, Orange County commissioners want to know whether the fans will support a team and whether businesses are willing to pay some of the costs.Today, commissioners will consider spending $ 40,000 to research those questions and to find out how much of the county's resort tax money would be needed to build a stadium if Orlando wins a major - league franchise.The 17 - week study would be conducted by Public Financial Management Inc., a Philadelphia financial consulting firm.

Just about as good as baseball can get on the PS2, and will no doubt keep fans happy for many months.

Don't get me wrong, any first - party Nintendo game is almost always amazing, but there are certainly some fans that have been turned off by the various iterations of Mario playing baseball, soccer and who knows, maybe cricket next.

«I'm a baseball fan and there are some great teams that are known for player development — whether or not you end up playing for the team long term, if you get developed by them you will have that forever.