Sentences with phrase «even swung the bat»

On that topic, Albany whiffed — in fact, it never even swung the bat.

Not exact matches

But they never even mention the fact that the hitter is standing there with a bat in his hand, and not just to swing it, either.

There was a lot of talk this spring about Heyward having a new swing that should heal what ailed him, and it did, sort of: now he has just an 84 OPS + instead of being even worse, but that's still a below - replacement bat that even his defense can't save, especially not at $ 28 million.

Some of them were strong kids who didn't even play baseball in high school, but the team felt, well, maybe they don't want to get concussions, and they're certainly strong enough to swing a bat hard.

When Buggs took the bat out for a few swings, he noticed that the ball went further; the loss of weight and even thinner wall provided both quicker bat speed and more powerful trampolining effect.

Puig clearly had no intention of swinging until he had to in this at - bat, as he just watched the 3 - 0 go by while basically stretching at the plate instead of even looking at what was coming, and did some random leg kick because why not?

Right now, there's a kid swinging a bat in his Anaheim backyard, even though the November cold front has arrived and it's 70 degrees, but that's OK, he or she can bundle up.

And last, Rosicky's «foul» that directly led to the final goal was nothing more than a tap, and Barton dropped like he'd been hit in the back of the head with a cricket bat swung by Vinnie Jones in a bad movie — it wasn't even good acting.

Tune into tonight's baseball All - Star game and you'll see a familiar ritual: Batters standing in the on - deck circle will swing a weighted bat (or even a heavy, pipelike club) while they wait to hit.

«While they say a resume and profile get you a chance to swing the bat, it felt like my work with Donna got me to second base before even walking in the door!