Sentences with phrase «big league career»

He had 46 hits in a forgettable big league career, or 1,935 fewer than Baker, after which he took jobs selling cardboard boxes and delivering newspapers.

In the summer of 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the major league color barrier, a 23 - year - old black ballplayer named Larry Doby began a big league career of his own when he pinch - hit for the Indians.

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Despite having spent most of his career abroad, Barton talks like tackling Canada's economic worries isn't just another big - league consulting assignment for him.

Born and raised in St. Louis, Shannon began his big - league career with the Cardinals in 1962.

The celebration of Chris Carpenter, Big - Game Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Series.

Team Gutman would get the biggest W of their Hoops League careers thus far..

what a laff, his career wud have continued in the league 2 by now... m not even interested in arsenal matches, I mean what do I wan na watch that I haven't seen b4 its like watching titanic regularly and expecting jack and rose both survive the ice and get married in a big hotel in NEW YORK,... there's been no tactical revolution, just same old boring arsenal... young mbappe ran straight for the mdf to search for more goals after scoring the first goal against manshitty, but our dear old stupid scorpion king felt he should do a little scorpion dance against Bournemouth a match he remained totally anonymous till Pérez got in..

I just don't know what's wrong with Arsenal fans.Sure I get it as humans we all have our preferences but things start to look funny when we begin to bash and criticize a player like he's useless.I just don't get why Arsenal fans do nt want Vardy.Oh is it because he's not world class, he's English, He's not a big name, he's a fairy tale, you feel all he does is run, he's not got a better history in footballing until now or you feel Giroud is better or what?I really pity Arsenal fans honestly.I would've taken Jamie Vardy in a heartbeat.Sure he's not the best option out there.But I'll say this and say it again it's not a world class striker that wins you a league but rather just increases your chances of winning the league.If you've watched Arsenal clearly from the time since Henry left you realized that it's more of not being able to find a clinical striker.Eduardo was not a already a finished product when he started his career here yet he was clinical and was on world class form until injury.What Arsenal need now is a world class finisher if they can't get a world class striker.

In turn, with money seemingly not a problem having splashed out on Paul Pogba last summer, Mourinho is ready to try and convince the club to spend big on # 70m - rated Lukaku, with the Belgian international registering the most prolific season of his career to date this year with 23 Premier League goals and counting.

Though he has yet to be named first - team All - Big East, the versatile Owens is arguably the most valuable player in the league; he's on pace to end his career as the first Mountaineer to rank among the school's alltime top 10 in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots.

but we know talent wins in the league more than anything else, and if you have someone guys like, someone guys will play hard for, someone who guys want around because they know it'll mean good things for their career, then that's a big part of getting to a good place

With 67 goals in his career so far, there's no doubt Sergio Ramos is confident in finding the back of the net, popping up just at the right time in the Champions League final last season and in other big games.

Anichebe has scored a measly 24 league goals in his 186 appearances so far in his career with Everton and West Bromwich Albion combined, and hardly boasts any kind of record which would warrant a move to our big club.

He now has 781 big league frames behind him, a career ERA of 3.36, and a 118 ERA + in that stretch.

Week 14 shredded the candidacy of some of the league's former frontrunners as big names like Derek Carr, Russell Wilson, and Dak Prescott turned in some of the worst performances of their professional careers.

The big versatile Ukrainian has spent his whole career at Kiev and now he has reached his prime at 26 it seems he is now ready to progress to an even bigger League.

Can has developed significantly at Anfield, especially under Jurgen Klopp, and with such a long career ahead of him to only get better, it will be a big loss to the Premier League outfit to see him leave.

Instead, he became Major League Soccer's biggest villain over two embarrassing seasons, revived his club and international career with a brilliant spell at Club Leon, and has now sealed a move back to Europe.

Vardy is PL proven but only has one big season and is towards the end of his career and Jansen has only been prolific in a minor league (for one season) but is young and talented.

The 29 - year - old has been famously inconsistent in his career in the Premier League, as well as arrogant, getting too big for his boots after just one good season with Arsenal.

Says Coleman of the pattern he found in baseball suicides, «They get to the big leagues, something happens — an injury or a bad season — their career ends, and they have no safety net, no way of coping.»

He will of course miss out on that big money move to a top four club that would see out his career, but he has the chance to stay as a legend of the club that are current Premier League champions.

Smalling himself started his career at lowly Maidstone United, and although legends such as John Barnes, Ian Wright, and Stuart Pearce also started in non league tiers, the practice of the country's biggest clubs looking beyond the top couple of flights has become less common since the advent of the Premier League inleague tiers, the practice of the country's biggest clubs looking beyond the top couple of flights has become less common since the advent of the Premier League inLeague in 1992.

lol... it's like «I didn't want to move to a big Champions League club immediately, I didn't want to start my footballing career yet at 40 and my pizza is still cooking...»

For a big club like Arsenal, with Champions League football to cope with every season as well as the Premier League and domestic cup competitions, a large squad is necessary but that does also mean that, quite often, the fringe and young players do not get the amount of time on the pitch that they need to improve their game and progress their football careers.

He has a career long experience as striker, been Golden boot in the French league as a striker, is in the France natuional team as a striker, is 6» 5 and heavy built, has the physical strength to hold of big centre - halves, can hold up the ball and be tackled without going to ground every time.

Don't know how useful it is, as it won't tell the whole story - they are in different leagues & the quality of opposition will be different, they're in different teams with different teammate abilities, & they are at different stages in their career, plus there are other big aspects to their games not considered - but it definitely gives you an idea of their eye for goal & their finishing ability:

«Carmelo is a proven scorer in this league and has made shots - big shots - for a large portion of his career,» Donovan said.

Yadier Molina is 34 years old, which is not young for a baseball player, and has over 13,000 innings behind the plate just in his big - league career.

Keane, who's managed 126 goals in 349 Premier League appearances throughout his career, is reportedly confident he has one big move left in him, reports Sky Sports.

And despite his achievements in pinstripes, his career as a Yankee has always been underscored by a kind of personal guilt: He made it to the big leagues, and his father and his brother didn't.

His teams have played in 13 bowl games, and he has helped guide nine players to NFL careers, as well as many more to All - ACC, All - WAC, All - Ivy League, All - Big East, All - ECAC and All - America honors.

The 27 - year - old attacker has been with Barcelona for his entire career so far, and has been a big success after rising through the club's youth system, becoming a regular under Pep Guardiola in teams that won a host of major honours, including the 2011 Champions League final, in which Pedro actually scored against United.

It seems likely that Lewandowski would be a big hit in the Premier League after an extremely prolific career, and one can only imagine the damage he and Mohamed Salah would do up front together for Liverpool.

«Their careers roughly parallel those of big league pitchers.

Meanwhile, either side of the weekend, the Blues» Under - 19s are facing the biggest matches of their careers to date at the 2018 UEFA Youth League finals tournament in Nyon.

Among players aged 23 or over currently under contract with big - 5 league clubs, only 5.4 % have always played in teams taking part in these championships between the start of the professional career and the semester preceding their 23rd birthday.

Even by including footballers who always played for big - 5 league clubs but participated in B - team matches, the proportion of those who spent their entire career in the most competitive championships is low: between 11.6 % for forwards and 18.7 % for midfielders.

Rafael Benitez has the biggest job of his career on his hands if he is to keep Newcastle United in the Premier League and he appears to have got Newcastle United fans believing once more.

Among the youngest age groups, we find numerous footballers whose experience accumulated during career is greater than that of most of their contemporaries playing in big - 5 league clubs.

Current big - 5 league footballers played on average 93.9 domestic league matches since the start of their professional career up until the semester preceding their 23rd birthday.

This analysis indicates that in order to be able to cope with big - 5 league demands, midfielders and forwards need to accumulate more experience capital from the outset of their career than defenders and goalkeepers.

This analysis illustrates the crucial role of leagues outside the big - 5 in the development of players» careers.

Despite making a promising start to his Premier League career and impressing in some big games, Boulahrouz suffered injuries that eventually saw him restricted to just 13 league appearances in the 2006 - 07 camLeague career and impressing in some big games, Boulahrouz suffered injuries that eventually saw him restricted to just 13 league appearances in the 2006 - 07 camleague appearances in the 2006 - 07 campaign.

Laudrup opines that the move to manage the club in the English Premier League would be the «biggest challenge» of the revered manager's career yet.

«But again, if he has the opportunity to move to a really big club at some stage of his career and Tottenham are not there [in the Champions League], he might consider it.

Showcasing of his fantastic abilities have made him a target for few bigger clubs including FC Barcelona, as Mahrez wants regular Champions League football and is ready to take the next big step in his career.

Pedro Chirivella: # 2m (out on loan to Eredivisie strugglers Willem II, the midfielder has struggled to impress in the Dutch league; player is still good enough to find a career somewhere but certainly not in the big leagues)

A big breakthrough in Kwesi's career came when he was signed by Palace in 2012 after a prolific spell in non league with Margate.

Big Sam Allardyce is a manager who has made a career out of putting together Premier League teams that get results.