Sentences with phrase «centerfield for»

Though the director occasionally explores this idea, Spielberg too often swerves into the easier territory of serving up genre references and lobbing them into centerfield for a cheering crowd.

He didn't grow up in Queens, but he spent every Sunday here with his grandparents and his dad in the shadow of Shea Stadium, dreaming of someday playing centerfield for the New York Mets.

Not exact matches

His range is average, but no one's faster turning the double play... Bobby Bonilla was a good pickup for them: He can play first, third and the corner outfield spots, and he did a good job hitting off the bench last year... Edmonds makes you think playing centerfield is easy.

The last man in the line toward centerfield was lefthander Tommy House, one of the Brave staff's short relievers, called Puma by his teammates for the way he bounces around during the pepper games and thumps down catlike on the ball.

The ball rose off Aaron's bat in the normal trajectory of his long hits — the arc of a four - iron shot in golf — ripping out over the infield, the shortstop instinctively bending his knees as if he could leap for it, and it headed for deep left centerfield...

The waist - high centerfield and rightfield fences carry ads for MARSHFIELD FAMOUS PIZZA RTE.

And this year he has pulled a low - and - inside Phil Niekro knuckleball for a homer; hit a high - and - tight fastball past Steve Carlton into centerfield to knock in a run in a 6 - 0, four - hit shutout of the Phillies; and, in another complete - game win, a five - hit shutout of the Mets, he got an RBI on a groundout after New York Pitcher Charlie Puleo had walked the Padres» No. 8 hitter intentionally.

Long needed to hear no more — he batted.410 through the first 13 exhibition games to establish himself as the favorite for the starting centerfield job.

PETCO, which owner John Moores says «will be the new standard for ballparks,» also boasts an existing factory building incorporated into the leftfield corner; a grassy park area beyond centerfield; and, because of a wacky configuration of walls and seating near the rightfield foul pole, the most mind - blowing corner since Haight and Ashbury.

For example, my research found that MLB overs have gone 2,451 - 2,255 (52.1 %) when the wind is blowing straight out to centerfield since the start of the 2005 season.

He played centerfield and shortstop for the most part, but pitched on occasion, too, showing a 92 mph fastball and throwing two no - hitters during his final season.

(Previously Durocher moved Thomson from centerfield to left to free up at bats for 20 - year - old Willie Mays.)

Yet Henderson then knocked Moore's forkball over the left centerfield fence for his first hit of the series and a 6 - 5 lead.