Sentences with phrase «bat against»

He has acted in some of the most significant recent actions in these areas, including the proceedings brought by Hewlett - Packard against Michael Lynch concerning the acquisition of Autonomy plc, the unlawful dividend claim brought by BAT against Sequana S.A., and the dispute in respect of the affairs of Coroin Ltd, the owner of Claridge's.

These aren't the only Koch - funded professors stepping up to the plate to bat against wind.

The crack of a bat against a fastball.

Kurt goes to bat against the nay - sayers and does a fairly good job at convincing us.

Geeks of Doom was on hand for the «Pacific Rim» panel at which Guillermo Del Toro showed off a brand new trailer in which, «a 25 - story high Jaeger robot [dragged] an oil tanker behind it through the streets of Hong Kong, to use as a bat against a Kaiju, followed by a two - fist slap to the Kaiju's head.»

Then, in his first at bat against the Boston Red Sox, his principal antagonists, he whistled a vicious 408 - foot line drive off the centerfield wall with a swing he estimates required «50 - to 60 - percent» effort.

There is a sudden sharp, clean crack of bat against ball and a throaty roar from the crowd.

As Park stepped in to bat against the Mets, he doffed his helmet and bowed to plate umpire Terry Tata, who moments earlier had been arguing with L.A.'s Darryl Strawberry.

When people have loyalty, they genuinely care to make good decisions and will go to bat against negativity.

A couple of years ago, Benioff famously went to bat against several state laws that would allow business to refuse service to people based on sexual orientation under the umbrella of religious freedom.

will be Louisville's bats against Bramlett Friday night.

Even if they don't want to put Jake Lamb in a strict platoon, Uribe could at least take some of the at - bats against tougher lefties.

While Baines is batting.285 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs this season, he has hit.333 in 36 lifetime at bats against Roger Clemens and.367 in 49 at - bats against Mike Boddicker.

At - bats against live, professional pitchers.

He had two separate 10 - pitch at - bats against Scott Baker in the same game.

He went 23 — 4 with a 2.07 ERA, won the pitching triple crown (wins, ERA and strikeouts), set a major league record with 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings, did not allow a home run in any of the 293 at bats against him with a runner on, permitted only three leadoff walks to score (he walked the first batter only six times in 213 1/3 innings) and struck out 37 % of all batters he faced.

He spent the previous six seasons trying to persuade the Cincinnati Reds that he could be a regular, and in that time he hit.375 with 14 homers in 112 at bats against the Braves at Atlanta - Fulton County Stadium.

The Baltimore Orioles broke the game wide - open in the bottom of the 5th when Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis homered in three consecutive at bats against the Rays.

Cargo just needs to be straight platooned already, he's looking fine (better than fine) against righties but way too many at bats against lefties.

Hitters have whiffed in almost half their at bats against the Korean righthander (71 of 148), and he has permitted only 23 hits in 42 2/3 innings.

Bonds has homered in each of his three at bats against Middlebrook, who said after Friday's game, «I threw him a couple of good sliders, and he didn't even lift his bat for them.

He just might get at - bats against real major leaguers.

According to Reds third baseman Buddy Bell, who has batted against him in both leagues, «Nolie hasn't lost much velocity.

DH Ken Phelps has hit one homer every 12.8 at bats against righties since» 84.

Ruth hit one per 11.8 at bats against all pitchers.

He'll have to pitch around new Giant Ryan Garko, who has three homers and a 1.509 OPS in just 14 at bats against him, but he's pitching well enough that he should keep the Frisco bats in check.

Place the batting against the wrong side of one of the pieces of cotton.

Trailing 4 - 1 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, fifth - ranked Arkansas broke out the bats against Kent... to 11 - 4 for the season and have won six of their last...

To me, poetry can make even the most quotidian of things — a tomato on the counter, a housefly batting against the window, your bent reflection in a steel mixing bowl — something extraordinary.

Now, a researcher with funding from Morris Animal Foundation is investigating a new way to vaccinate bats against rabies.

The technology developed also could be adapted to protect bats against other diseases, such as Ebola and SARS - like coronaviruses, which affect them and other species coming into contact with bats.

Had I not known better, I would say I was batting against a team of ghosts.

Not exact matches

Some of the largest companies in the US are speaking out against a proposal by Bats, the stock exchange recently acquired by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, to shake up end - of - day trading.

Facing off against Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom in the first inning on Monday night, Harper broke his bat on a pitch that he somehow was still able to hit out of the park.

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President Obama was for it, before he was against it: first giving a speech about religion and our constitutional system so high - minded that it was audible only to bats» and then, as criticism mounted, hurriedly explaining that he wasn't actually lending his support to the project.

President Obama was for it, before he was against it: first giving a speech about religion and our constitutional system so high - minded that it was audible only to bats — and then, as criticism mounted, hurriedly explaining that he wasn't actually lending his support to the project.

Finally, in 1913, McGraw sent Faust out to pitch an inning of limp «nothing - ball» against Cincinnati, and when three outs were later made before Faust's chance to bat, the Reds stayed on the field for a fourth out.

Sentimental, tender, and kindly Erkel was perhaps the most unfeeling of the murderers who gathered against Shatov, and, having no personal hatred, could be present at his murder without batting an eye.

The Padres are taking batting practice before tonight's game against the Phillies.

After hitting a home run against the Mets, Votto took the time to seek out a kid behind home plate and give him his jersey and bat.

Spring training stats are whatever, but A-Rod has a pair of dingers and is batting.269 /.367 /.538 with four walks against five strikeouts.

My main argument against Perez is that his success this season is at least partially driven by batting average.

I am just hoping McMahon gets enough at bats to convince BB to play him against RH pitching at 1B.

But if he is going to be a platoon guy that sits against LH pitching, why not save a bit of cash and sign a RH bat to play 1B / OF and not suffer through a year of yet another «non-1B man» like Valaika?

On Thursday night during a game against the Pirates, Puig doubled off of Jason Grilli and flipped hit bat once again, though no confrontation broke out this time.

While Puig had another memorable bat flip during last night's game against the Pirates, this catch was the highlight of the night for Puig.

Hitting that double against Monte Vista was par for the course for Novitske, who led the team in batting average at.400 thru April.

But Matt Holliday andCarlos Beltran will be the big bats the team will need in order to produce against the Giants» strong pitching.