Sentences with phrase «big league pitchers»

«Their careers roughly parallel those of big league pitchers.

Fulmer is the Tigers only proven big league pitcher.

Endearing and undefended confusion were part of the character of Pascual Perez, the former big league pitcher murdered last week during an apparent home invasion in his native Dominican Republic.

So you can see why a big league pitcher must have three good pitches.

These are the things that make a big league pitcher:

And I believe this is one of the real secrets of how to be a standout big league pitcher.

In more descriptive ones, parts of the Red Sox rotation have been unlucky (Clay Buchholz), other parts needed to change their game plan to get back on track (Rick Porcello, Wade Miley), some are better suited in relief (Joe Kelly) and Justin Masterson looks like he's either hurt or done as an effective big league pitcher.

In this episode, former big league pitcher Dr. Dave Baldwin talks about his run - in with Ted Williams, his life in science, the physics of the gyroball versus the slider, and how he finally made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Not exact matches

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 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 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.

The Astros» minor league system is well stocked, so trading pitcher Mike Scott, who would have big - time value for a contender, is still a possibility.

On the other hand, here was Bunning, trying to convince people he was a serious candidate, while newspapers ran headlines like GOP GETS IN BALLGAME and EX-MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER GOES AFTER BIG WIN.

«He was gracious but explained it was by default since Tim Wakefield is the [big leagues»] only knuckleball pitcher.

He bought theMLB Extra Innings package so he can check in on former college teammates KurtSuzuki, a catcher for the A's, and Ricky Romero, a pitcher for the Blue Jays.Wilhite's big league friends, specifically Suzuki, have raised more than $ 61,000 to help cover his medical bills and rehabilitation costs.

With nothing but a real good fast ball, one that breaks and jumps and moves all over the place, a pitcher can be a big winner in high school and college, on the sandlots, even in the minor leagues.

At El Segundo (Calif.) High School he batted over.400 as a centerfielder and pitcher, but only the Red Sox saw a big - league future for him on the mound.

Last year hitters had a smaller chance of reaching base against Smoltz (26 %) than against any other pitcher in the big leagues.

But for a pitcher, experience doesn't mean just sticking around in the big leagues for a few years and hoping you'll absorb enough knowledge merely by being there.

All of them, originally published between 1961 and» 87, take readers deep inside the world of the big leagues as Plimpton exquisitely narrates his misadventures as quarterback, boxer, pitcher, golfer and hockey goalie.

We're going to skip the editorial and get right to the stories this morning, as baseball lost two players to car accidents in the Dominican Republic on Sunday morning: Royals» pitcher Yordano Ventura and former top prospect and infielder for a number of big - league teams, Andy Marte.

The superstar of the Little League World Series, Philadelphia pitcher Mo'Ne Davis, who hopes to go to UConn and play basketball for Geno Auriemma, has shown that she has all the tools to make it big in either baseball or basketball.

A hitting crisis has set in as big - league pitchers, led by the Dodgers» frugal Don Drysdale, have become veritable Ebenezer Scrooges.

The outfielder / pitcher, Dylan Carlson, has been big for the Thundering Herd in taking sole possession of first place in the highly - competitive Delta League.

The outfielder / pitcher has been big for the Thundering Herd in taking sole possession of first place in the highly - competitive Delta League.

After the varied degrees of success for Japanese pitchers like Daisuke Matsuzaka, Key Igawa and Yu Darvish, fans and analysts alike wondered aloud how Masahiro Tanaka would translate to the big league game.

As always, Angell is mainly concerned with major league players, but there are some rewarding side trips, notably to the playing fields of Yale in the company of Smokey Joe Wood, the 91 - year - old former Yale coach who won 34 games as a Red Sox pitcher in 1912, and to the big league locker rooms (or the corridors just outside them) with several bright female reporters who were trying to breach that journalistic barrier in 1979.

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.

He's the big leagues» active leader in losses (180); only six other pitchers have finished more games under.500 than the 46 Morgan was through Sunday.

But luckily for the Red Sox one of the unknowns, a young pitcher named Sam Jones, turned out to be good enough to win more than 200 big league games.

The first big game he ever coached was a showdown between the Terrapins and their main rival, which boasted the league's fastest pitcher.

On the other hand, Bob Short, owner of the team, claimed that Clyde could handle the pressure, that he had the poise to be a big - league pitcher, and then, in his own defense, added, «Look, I've got a big investment here.

It's entirely possible that Bregman has some sort of weakness that will be exposed by big - league pitchers, and baseball is really hard.