Sentences with phrase «curveballs with»

He also got so much pleasure from it, constantly throwing us curveballs with a sparkle in eye and a barely concealed mischievous grin all in the service of an artistic brilliance.

Accompanying the physical treatment came social rough spots with friends, while puberty delivered another set of curveballs with crushes, maturing bodies, and changing family expectations and judgments.

Fortunately that side story takes a back seat to the transformation of these young men, who go from hurling javelins to tossing curveballs with their million dollar arms.

The most unpredictable Oscar race in years yielded plenty of curveballs with Thursday's nominations.

Prepare for life's eventual curveballs with an income plan that combines income from multiple sources to create a diversified income stream in retirement.

And then, baseball season is in full swing, and ESPN just threw a winning curveball with its first - ever hire of a female analyst, Jessica Mendoza.

Leave behind the bad habit of throwing your followers a curveball with a post that adds no value and makes little sense.

«Once Upon a Time in Anatolia «After doing tiny, highly personal art films for a little over a decade, Nuri Bilge Ceylan threw a curveball with «Three Monkeys,» an Andrei Tarkovsky - thriller goulash that retained his love for human behavior while combining a meatier plot and a lurking, uncertain anxiety.

Depp threw such a complete curveball with Captain Jack he could have won a Cy Young Award pitching for Pittsburgh.

For the 71st Cannes Film Festival taking place this May, they've thrown a bit of a curveball with an entirely unexpected selection of films playing this year.

Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a multimedia edition of «The Master of Rampling Gate,» a vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th century.

Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a -LSB-...]

This year, Apple threw a bit of a curveball with the iPhone X which did not really fit to its product cycles.

Not exact matches

When faced with curveball questions such as these, best - selling management author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch says the best way to respond is to carefully think over your answer before blurting it out.

We all need to occasionally recharge and reconnect with loved ones, and sometimes life throws us a curveball that doesn't fit within a two - week vacation.

Mars threw the crowd a curveball when he rocked out with the Red Hot Chili Peppers for a collaboration featuring their song «Give It Away.»

And then, another curveball from life: in 2005, Tom was diagnosed with colon cancer and spent a lot of time in the hospital that year.

Most hitters first encounter frustration with curveballs; I could never quite get around on good fastballs.

Yet oddly enough — in another biblical curveball — the promise of God is fulfilled by a kingdom and its king, who brings with him nothing less than eternal life.

Yet their story ends up — in a really stunning curveball — with Jacob insisting that Esau must take his blessing (Genesis 33:11).

Each of the five episodes features four culinary all - stars competing in a number of challenges as they navigate their way through the aisles of a grocery store with curveballs from games such as the Fieri Food Pyramid and the feared Food Wheel.

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And you're also so right, Scott makes the best partner to endure all the curveballs of life with and I am immeasurably grateful!

They had a castoff from the Mets, a catcher - turned - closer, a cosmic belch with the best 73 curveballs that baseball had to offer.

I mostly went with the cutter, fastball and curveball.

one of these days the braves are gonna learn that when nola faces the 2nd time through the order there's like a 50/50 chance he starts off with a curveball he's trying to throw for a strike

It's not just Bartolo Colon; it's Jacob deGrom complementing his fastball with a lethal changeup and Matt Harvey missing plenty of bats with his curveball.

That means that not only will a batted ball travel farther, but also a pitcher with a big 12 - 6 curveball or other big breaking balls will become increasingly more hittable.

With a deliberate, fluid motion he throws above - average fastballs and changeups and a curveball that needs refining.

He's still throwing a four - seamer, two - seamer, curveball and slider, and dabbling with a changeup.

THERE IS nothing saccharine about Sugar, a film that traces the journey of fictional Dominican pitcher Miguel (Sugar) Santos as he tries to yank his family out of poverty with his killer curveball and major league aspirations.

Bird is down 0 - 2 in a hurry — McCullers is just attacking the plate with his curveball.

When you are behind in the count to Trev — and that curveball is coming — you are schtupped with a $ # $ big enough for an elephant.

That means that not only will a batted ball travel farther, but also that a pitcher with a huge curveball or sweeping slider will become far less effective.

Hilton Smith, a fine pitcher for the Monarchs, got me with a 3 - and - 2 curveball that broke right in the heart of the plate.

Then, in the fifth inning, with the bases loaded and no outs, he was forced to resort to his curveball either because the batters were starting to hit his fastball, or because he had come to some inner realization.

He struck out the next batter on two sharp curveballs, got the next on a fastball, and then set up the last batter with a curve - ball and struck him out with a fastball.

He combines the heater with an excellent curveball, and he rounded out his arsenal with an improved changeup last year.

A 2002 study2 found associations between breaking pitches and arm pain; however, it was (unexpectedly) the slider which correlated with increased risk of elbow pain and the curveball that was linked with increased risk of shoulder pain.

But, while it seems to show a slight increased risk associated with starting curveballs at a young age, it had far too few participants to determine such an association.

Erin: In your first year of co-parenting with your ex, were there any «curveballs» that surprised you?

So just when you think you have experience from going through the teething stage with an older child, your baby will throw you a curveball.

A curveball in baseball is another example from sports: A pitcher throws the ball with especially tight topspin, or sidespin rotation, and the ball curves in the direction of the spin.

In addition, the researchers determined that «the optimally hit curveball will travel farther than both the fastball and knuckleball, because of beneficial topspin on the pitched curve ball that is enhanced during impact with the bat.»

ON FORWARD MOMENTUM ⚡ curveball of a Monday with circumstances which ask one to stay present, open to growing and adapting - today supported with an adaptogenic latte made by @houseofcitrine with macadamia nut milk and extra reishi!

He's the best man in the world and deserves nothing but a perfect, healthy life with no - curveballs - road - to - recovery.

I'm well structured, with a good moral compass, a good sense of humor and always prepared for life's curveballs.

She hit me in the back with a curveball.

Hounsou has built a solid reputation for supporting parts over the years, and has a full slate for the foreseeable (with HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, FAST AND FURIOUS 7, not to mention Marvel curveball GOTG), so this should at least buy him a nice car.

«We were there playing games with Mother Nature, She would throw us a curveball and rain on us and we would say, allright, screw you, we're gonna film in the rain!