Sentences with phrase «big leaguer»

Call me a traditionalist, but the self - publishing hype just doesn't carry the same weight as having a «big leaguer» find you.

«I've had a lot of days in my life where I thought I wouldn't be even close to being a big leaguer.»

So how is it that a player who didn't command much money as a big leaguer — Koosman made $ 600,000 in 1985 — should now be so valuable on a baseball card?

«I showed him the little things that make you a big leaguer.»

For the normal big leaguer, even for the very good one these days, this would be superb.

Darren Baker may have been born with a baseball in his hand and grew up in Major League Baseball clubhouses, but becoming a Division I signee and potential big leaguer was by no means a birthright.

Before his arrival in Oaklandhe never had more than 25 straight at bats as a big leaguer.

Since 2010, their have been only 3 years the team has had a big leaguer undergo surgery, 2014, 2016 and now 2018.

However, being a competent big leaguer with AS experience and World Series championship ring must be frustrating.

He's got big leaguer written all over him.

I was using the possibility of signing him as an example of a) the Braves intentions of being competitive this season and b) the logic (or lack of, in my opinion) of not signing good MLB players because you have a guy in Double - A who might be a good big leaguer someday.

I think the average big leaguer now is four years and change, or something like that?

The workshop included a trip to a Rockies — Red Sox game at Fenway Park and a three - part assignment: tape a stand - up introduction, interview a player in the seats and jostle for position during batting practice to grab a big leaguer for questions.

However, the Cal State Fullerton - commit already has shown a level of maturity that would be the envy of any big leaguer.

He's been an All Star every year since he became a full - time big leaguer and has finished either first or second in AL MVP voting every year he's been eligible for the award.

Minor leaguers (who don't have a union) can get heavy suspensions for weed, but there's nothing in MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program that says big leaguers can get suspended for it.

Last month 10 current and former big leaguers — including outfielders Johnny Damon of the Yankees and Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox and pitchers Mike Pelfrey of the Mets and Scott Eyre of the Phillies — discovered that at least some of their money is tied up in the $ 8 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated by Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford.

Big leaguers, meanwhile, did whatever they could, wherever they could, to get in shape

I just hope that when they trade, they go for lower level guys with potential, instead of AAA guys who have a ceiling of replacement big leaguers.

You can't just not sign good big leaguers because you think someone in the minors might be good someday, that's really not conducive to winning baseball games... ever.

He had starred at three schools in the Dallas area — he bounced around so he could play for specific coaches — and played on a junior national team with future big leaguers Justin Upton, Austin Jackson, Billy Butler and Homer Bailey.

College baseball players still celebrate home runs more boisterously than the big leaguers do, and they still have to make the same MLB draft decisions they always did.

He found that 77 big leaguers had taken their lives — most of them after leaving the game — and concluded that baseball needs a counseling program to help players adjust to retirement.

WHILE Venezuela has emerged as a productive pipeline of Latin American talent, it can't exactly boast the hordes of established big leaguers that the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico can.

He attended Woodward High School, which would later produce big leaguers Leon Durham, Darryl Boston and Skeeter Barnes.

I'm impressed by Gabe Kapler; he has a very strong arm, plays hard and runs everything out, which you don't always see from big leaguers.»

But over a short series we could have taken the big leaguers.

Flynn, an infielder on the Big Red Machine Cincinnati teams of»75 and»76 is, in fact, only 35, nine years younger than Tony, who's still out there playing with today's big leaguers.

You need to do what big leaguers do.

Some young Phils are big leaguers, others might be some day; this will be a long year for all

Not exact matches

Milt Pappas, who won 209 big league games and pitched a no - hitter for the Cubs in 1972, manages Chicago; Gene Hiser, a utility outfielder during his five seasons as a major - leaguer, plays for Chicago.

Once controversial big - leaguers, now Denny McLain (below) and Bill Valentine are abloom in the bushes

Team Harris (Norton's)-- Brian «another one of the 2 leaguers» Harris has a solid and big crew.

The film's biggest (and, truthfully, only) laugh comes from seeing ex-major leaguer Todd Zeile and current steroidal slugger Jason Giambi credited as executive producers.

Guys of the Year: Brad Pitt vs. Louis C.K. Biggest Ass Kicker: Ryan Gosling vs. Liam Neeson Holy Grail of Hot: Scarlett Johansson vs. Sofia Vergara Unstoppable Jock: Eli Manning vs. LeBron James Our New Girlfriend: Kate Upton vs. Doutzen Kroes Top Fantasy Leaguer: Albert Pujols vs. Aaron Rodgers Comedy MVP: Louis C.K. vs. Will Ferrell

The A's would draft good players and turn them into successful major leaguers, but as soon those players became free agents they would leave for big - market teams.

A modern - day «Field of Dreams» is being planned for youth and adult baseball teams in Point Loma — with help from a big - name retired major leaguer.

They're all major leaguers, a great mix of energy sources that includes reliable veterans as well as exciting up - and - comers, anchored by clutch, big - time producers in the key power spots, Nos. 3 and 4.

Anyone who's watched today's crop of major - leaguers throw to the wrong base, miss the cut - off man, or run the team out of a big inning understands the value of this skill.