Sentences with phrase «be a major hit at»

The 20 - year - old has proven to be a major hit at Celtic, scoring 27 goals and providing six assists in 41 appearances in all competitions, and in turn has been linked with a big - money move back to England in the future.

The Motorola Xoom has been a major hit at CES, and to go along the the tablets» 3G / 4G capabilities, there is a rumored Wi - Fi only version to be released in April.

Not exact matches

Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

David Lewis, head Americas trader at $ 800 billion asset manager Franklin Templeton, for example, found out that Russia had invaded Crimea last year well before the news hit major media because he'd been monitoring Twitter.

Adobe Insights, which measures 80 percent of online transactions at 100 major U.S. retailers, said mobile transactions are «hitting record highs.»

Adobe Insights, which measures 80 percent of online transactions at 100 major U.S. retailers, said mobile transactions are «hitting record highs» this holiday season.

That way you aren't hitting him up on an important topic when he might be stressed out about company layoffs, fund raising or some other major stress at work.

At the same time, Tide's consumer perception is acting like most brands undergoing a major crises: after falling for nearly three months and hitting bottom on February 20th, perception climbed back up until it hit a ceiling on March 30th, still remaining well short of where it was before the fad took off.

However, CEO Dave Ricks stated at a major healthcare conference earlier this year that the company is on track to hit its goal of 5 % average annual revenue growth through 2020.

What: With the major stock indexes tumbling on Monday, technology stocks were hit particularly hard, with the NASDAQ down more than 3 % at 3 p.m. ET.

The big money in the last major move wasn't really made as gold hit $ 1425 in November or $ 1550 in April, it was made during the summer weakness of July and August when gold traded at less than $ 1200.

The main one is that Stewart wasn't hitting in Triple - A at the time, whereas La Stella was hitting well in the majors this year.

His statistics would have been impressive in Double - A at that age, but he showed preternatural bat control in Triple - A and hit.283 /.351 /.402 in the majors.

If I had to draw a line at what constitutes the Major League Baseball career hits record, it would probably be the player who has the most career hits playing Major League Baseball.

Pete Rose is the all - time leader for hits in Major League Baseball history, and that's indisputable, but what Ichiro did, spanning two decades and two countries, in an era of LOOGYs and power closers, while performing at a high level and not writing himself into the lineup, just might be more impressive.

There are also dozens of other ways you can twist or turn statistics in order to show Trout's prowess at this stage of his career, and 1,000 hits marks just one major point where he can be compared to other greats.

In total, the 24 - year - old has hit 49 goals in 99 appearances for Aston Villa, and his prolific form in England has seemingly convinced Houghton that he could cut it at Anfield, as he told talkSPORT: «I've heard Benteke is one of their major priorities in the summer, he is the one they are looking to sign.

Even if a player avoids major injury, there are only so many hits they can take at the college and NFL level (though that number varies from person to person, obviously) before they start wearing down.

Whether it's at the majors or regular PGA Tour stops, Furyk has repeatedly hit rough Sunday stretches or caught unfortunate bounces in the final round.

The youngster is now a fully fledged England international and is set to make his second major tournament appearance at next year's World Cup in Russia as he hits the tender age of 20.

Despite a15 - day stint on the disabled list, Pujols, who hit his 26th homer last Friday, was still the major league leader; if he stays healthy and sustains his currenthome run rate, the first baseman will make a serious run at 70.

So as long as Dallas is able to weed out the guys who have no chance at starting right away, it likely wouldn't see a major fall - off in odds of hitting on an OG with acceptable rookie play.

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 yearIS 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 yearis doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last year).

This postseason, Cuberson is 6 - for - 13 -LRB-.462) with four extra-base hits after a season that saw him play in just 15 major league games in the regular season, with two singles in 13 at - bats.

Everybody at the top of the White Sox lineup has contributed: At week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIat the top of the White Sox lineup has contributed: At week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIAt week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIs.

I sincerely want us to sign higuain, he's learnt aw tu play in italy which means he's learnt to b physical in his game coupled wit d sleek style of play at madrid, he has al d elements tu succeed in d epl, he's played in two diff leaque nd has bin successful fo me, so wenger sign higuain he's more proven across two major leaques dan any oda striker available in europe, we need a striker dat can hit d ground runnin immediately nt d one dat wil need time tu adapt.

Major League Baseball is something like that hypothetical scenario, with every hitter being at least close to one of the 300 best in the world at hitting baseballs.

Questions: Do we think Tucker will be able to hit in the majors [or at least provide a platoon]?

He's had 23 at - bats in the majors, with four hits, six strikeouts, and no walks.

Hitting it long is a major advantage at almost every course on the PGA Tour.

In the second at bat of his major league career, he hit a two - run double, which was enough to make anyone's throat catch.

Last year Mike Kelly hit three homers for the Reds in the first week of the exhibition season, prompting Ray Knight to anoint him as the Opening Day centerfielder, even though Kelly was a career.220 hitter with only 214 major league at bats.

Gil was sold by Valencia so the club would be able to comply with FFP and, at 22, could become a major hit at Villa Park.

Even after going nuts at the end of the season, Sanchez hit.208 /.236 /.357, and now with nearly 690 plate appearances in the majors is hitting.224 /.261 /.330.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

These toasted bagel bites are the simplest way to land a major hit at lunchtime.

Time with family is one of the things that take a major hit when kids and parents allow tech to take over their lives and everyone is staring at a screen instead of engaging with one another.

Then reality hits and I think, Oh, wait, I don't want major surgery — I don't like the risks involved and I certainly don't want to be knocked out for weeks at a time.

One of the greatest fears shared by major - league pitchers — and hitters — was realized at a spring training game in Surprise, Ariz., last Wednesday night: Aroldis Chapman, the fireballing Cincinnati Reds closer, was hit flush in the face by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez.

He ran a very conservative campaign, hitting Weiner hard on a hot issue at the time: The so - called Ground Zero mosque, which was major talking point for the Conservative Party, too.

The Texas Tribune and ProPublica last year published a multi-part investigation looking at what would happen if Houston was hit by a major hurricane, determining the city and region were woefully unprepared for such an event.

On the Today programme, presenter Sarah Montague noted that Howard — along with Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — was part of the trio of Eurosceptic ministers that Major had hit out at in such memorable fashion.

Scandal - scarred City Comptroller John Liu, facing his first major test of strength since his campaign was hit by a federal investigation into allegations of illegal fundraising, held a packed birthday bash Monday night at the posh City Hall Restaurant.

Speaking at the chambers of the Borno State House of Assembly in Maiduguri, the Governor said education was worst hit by the attacks of Boko Haram maintaining that his administration is taking a major step to fix education in the State.

Numerous flights were canceled at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport Monday because of the major winter storm hitting the East Coast.

Gordon Brown's net approval rating stands at minus 60, which is the worst ever rating I can find for a Prime Minister (the worst John Major ever hit was minus 59 in August 1994).

Goldschmied and fellow researchers studied 24 players who hit at least 505 homeruns during times in which they were to reach a major batting milestone.

Major storms, which may be hitting the U.S. east coast with more regularity and force than ever before, could cause dramatic losses if they hit at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Two major nuclear power plants are at the heart of the crisis, both of which were hit by the quake and the tsunami.

A new study appearing in the June 15 issue of Environmental Science & Technology reveals that droppings from the marsh's seagulls are at least one major source of potentially hazardous bacteria that has been hitting the beachsometimes at levels thousands of times above the legal limit.