Sentences with phrase «by a batted ball»

STRONG POINTS: Herb Score appears to have recovered completely from the terrible eye injury he suffered last May when he was hit by a batted ball.

But under the rules all he can do is declare the runner out for being hit by a batted ball and put the hitter on first with a single... I hope I'm around when some real belligerent big league manager lets his boys try this dodge.

Elsewhere, Yankees lefthander Andy Pettitte, who was hit in the face by a batted ball last season, has already been plunked twice this season — on his right knee and right leg.

On December 9, 2011, another case went against Hillerich & Bradsby when a jury awarded $ 951,000 to the family of Dillon Yeaman, a 15 - year - old pitcher who suffered severe facial injuries when he was struck by a batted ball in a game.

In a post today, Abnormal Use writes that things were beginning to look bleak for H&B following these cases and another high - profile settlement last month in which H&B and other defendants agreed to pay $ 14.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a pitcher who was severely injured by a batted ball.

Most recently, a New York appellate court ruled this week that a college baseball pitcher who was struck in the face by a batted ball during batting practice could not sue his school because he assumed the risk of injury.

Not exact matches

By the time the crack of the bat could be heard, the ball was halfway to the rightfield seats.

A. Nine: hit, walk, error, forceout, fielder's choice (when the man on base is not forced out or not retired), hit by pitched ball, interference by catcher or other member of fielding team, missed third strike, and batted fair ball hitting a runner or umpire before it is touched by a fielder.

By that day in February, however, he just wanted a job, so he shagged balls in the outfield, off the bats of Japanese collegians.

He was proficient with it, sweeping it back and forth over the Braves» bullpen, though the only ball he had come close to catching with his gear had been a batting - practice home run hit into the bullpen enclosure the year before by a catcher named Freddie Velazquez.

By switching to a thicker bat, Gamble has been spraying the ball to all fields.

«The wooden bat league is unique for the players in that not only does it keep them in shape during the offseason from their college ball, it also provides an opportunity for them to be looked out by Major League scouts.»

That sentiment has been echoed by many of his confreres recently, since a barrage of batted balls has pelted pitchers in the opening weeks of this season.

Last year the Mets were the worst team in baseball by defensive efficiency -LRB-.667) and the worst team on batting average on balls in play -LRB-.322) while allowing more runs (863) than any team in franchise history except the infamous 1962 Mets.

The extra bats, balls and uniforms are still stored in the ceiling of the clubhouse, brought down by a clubhouse attendant on a ladder every day.

One might reasonably argue that McGwire's crimes were equivalent to those committed by all the future Hall of Famers who were hopped up on greenies in the»70s and»80... and were less egregious than those committed by all the ball - scuffers and bat - corkers who broke actual rules designed to ensure that everyone was playing the games fairly.

As a result state - of - the - art aluminum bats can propel a ball considerably faster than 110 mph, whereas balls hit by wood bats average about 92 and rarely exceed 96.

He put 59 of those into play, 10 for home runs — an alarming rate of solid, square contact by a rounded bat on a round ball.

-- Yesterday we posted an article which analyzes how luck — as defined by the sabermetric statistic BABIP (batting average for balls in play)-- has affected MLB betting markets.

Fans flocked to Zenimura Field — and, not so incidentally, dropped donations into a coffee can placed at the entrance, allowing Kenichi to purchase bats, balls, bases and uniforms by mail from a sporting goods store back in Fresno.

Players have lost teeth, eyesight, motor function, IQ points and even their lives when struck by balls hit off hot bats.

Years ago in Vero Beach, Fla., spring home to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the shattering of an elderly woman's jaw by a foul ball could be heard at the batting cage; it sounded as if someone had stepped on an unopened bag of potato chips.

The first two days, they didn't get a bat on the ball, but by the time they had to face the female fireballer, her vaunted offerings looked like changeups, and she was quickly driven out of the box.

It's being reported by many different outlets that during the game, when Eric Chavez went to go pinch hit for him he saw a pair of cute blondes in the stands and had a bat boy throw a ball to them.

I have seen a pitcher and a catcher knocked out cold by balls hit by a metal bat.

«Standing for election at any level with Mr Bolton as leader after all this would be rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find, the moment the first balls are bowled, that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain.»

We learn to play baseball, for instance, not by flailing a bat at fastballs until we hit one but via education: We are shown how to knock Wiffle balls off a tee and then to swing at easy lofts until we're ready for a real pitch.

A Strong Grip helps you perform better in sports by being able to hold onto the ball, bat, or your opponent better.

In Baseball, force is often generated by the legs, transferred up through the core and into the torso, and then directed through the ball, bat, or glove.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Cricket Documentary Recounts Rise and Dominance of West Indian Team Superficially, cricket looks a lot like baseball, except the players use a flat bat, hit the ball on a bounce and don't bother to run around the bases.

Whereas Halle loves interactive playing, Bonnie will spend long times playing, quite noisily, with toys by herself, batting balls through tunnels, tossing and recapturing her soft toys.

Made by K&H Manufacturing, Kitty Tippy Track n» Roll toys features a variety of shapes with a cardboard scratching post in the center, surrounded by an outside track containing two balls for batting.

Which of us hasn't been delighted by a tiny ball of fur with big eyes batting around a toy with its brothers and sisters?

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[i] MSB [/ i] has: Bob - omb Derby, a tweaked - out homerun derby, if you will; Wall Ball, a pitching game where you collect coins based on your pitching accuracy; Chain Chomp Sprint, a mini-game that tests your base - running skills; Piranha Panic, where you earn points by hitting the Piranha Plant with an egg of a matching color; Barrel Batter, which tests your batting accuracy; and a few other unlockable games to keep you playing.

- Fight mode has bombs and healing items dropped in - Team Fight has two players chained together by strings and you can hurt your teammate - B - Ball has you batting an explosive ball back and forth over a net - Hoops is basketball where you can grab your opponent and put them through the net - Skillshot has you punching targets - 1 - on - 100 has you punching enemies that appear in the arena - ARMS Test lets you try out combinations and training mode lets you try drills - Earn in - game prize money and use that at the Arm Getter to unlock new arm attribuBall has you batting an explosive ball back and forth over a net - Hoops is basketball where you can grab your opponent and put them through the net - Skillshot has you punching targets - 1 - on - 100 has you punching enemies that appear in the arena - ARMS Test lets you try out combinations and training mode lets you try drills - Earn in - game prize money and use that at the Arm Getter to unlock new arm attribuball back and forth over a net - Hoops is basketball where you can grab your opponent and put them through the net - Skillshot has you punching targets - 1 - on - 100 has you punching enemies that appear in the arena - ARMS Test lets you try out combinations and training mode lets you try drills - Earn in - game prize money and use that at the Arm Getter to unlock new arm attributes.

Unless you can show some evidence of your ability to smack a hanging curve ball right out of the stadium, I think it much more likely that you would miss the ball, strike out, and knockyourself unconscious by hitting yourself in the head with the bat.

In 2009, for example, a Montana jury awarded $ 850,000 to the family of a pitcher who was struck and killed by a ball struck by an aluminum bat made by defendant Hillerich & Bradsby Co., the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats.

A common question arising from the frightening event, Mr. Catalano writes, is whether a fan has a viable claim against the home team if struck by a bat or ball in the stands.

The holder assumes all risk and danger incidental to the game of baseball, whether occurring prior to, during or subsequent to, the actual playing of the game, including specifically... the danger of being injured by thrown or batted balls, thrown or broken bats.

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»