Sentences with phrase «eve of the game»

Well, Atlanta did try to get McGriff as long ago as the eve of Game 1 of the 1992 World Series, when a representative of the Braves told San Diego that Atlanta was «strongly interested in McGriff.»

Still, on the eve of that game he uncorked his most impassioned speech of the season, reminding his players that Eagles management had mistreated him before finally canning him after the 1994 season.

Before the teams» first meeting this season, someone told Bobcats swingman Sanjay Adell that Thundering Herd assistant coach Jeff Boals had made disparaging comments about him on the eve of the game.

That incident is vivid in the minds of many fans, but the two death threats Cox says he received on the eve of the game were never widely reported.

Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia sat in his dugout on the eve of Game 1 and predicted, «You're going to see some things that in other eras of the game would seem unconventional and way out there, but in these games make sense.»

Those doubts, Culpepper said on the eve of the game, «fueled me like you wouldn't believe.

On the eve of the game, about the time that Saberhagen was hurrying back to St. Luke's hospital to bid good night to Janeane, Tudor told Peter Gammons of The Boston Globe, «There's something in me that would love to pitch this game.

At the team's Providence hotel on the eve of the game against the Patriots, a downcast Smith said a cracked bone spur in his right knee had sapped his confidence.

As Gibson was lying down to sleep at a proper hour on the eve of Game 1, McLain was in the throbbing lounge of the Sheraton - Jefferson Hotel in downtown St. Loo.

Luka Modric agreed on the eve of the game, the message clearly having become internalised.

«What I can confirm is that, on the eve of a game, we had a bid for a player that we don't think is acceptable.

As I write this at 9 pm on the eve of the game I note that Fonte has finally put pen to paper.

He'll describe what it was like going to the ground to train at Windsor Park, on the eve of the game.

England boss Roy Hodgson said on the eve of the game that he was expecting an «electric» atmosphere, but there was barely a flicker of excitement from the stands during the match due to the poor quality football on display.

It's a deeply worrying problem that still hasn't been remedied on the eve of the game's launch.

On the eve of the game's launch, Square Enix announced it's being translated for the West, and it'll arrive in 2018.