Sentences with phrase «for second baseman»

He made 67 appearances for them, all but three in relief, before L.A. traded him to the Expos after the 1993 season for second baseman Delino DeShields.

«I think you've got to be patient as both a batter and a pitcher,» says the 25 - year - old Brett, who was traded to Pittsburgh during the off - season for Second Baseman Dave Cash.

As for the Dodgers, they're still looking for a second baseman, and it appears as if a trade is still the way they want to acquire one.

Dick Green, the fielding star of the Series, participated in all three, tying a record for second basemen.

The Cardinals have suddenly entered into discussions for the Twins» Brian Dozier, who hit 42 homers this past summer to set an American League record for second basemen.

Not exact matches

Say what you will about the departed Alan Wiggins (and all the Padres wanted to say to the second baseman, who checked in for a second drug rehabilitation this spring and now plays for Baltimore, was goodby), his speed atop the lineup has been missed.

But it was the Phillies who swooped down and snatched Buchholz away from the jaws of swingmanitude, trading a 24 - year - old second baseman named Josh Tobias for him.

It was Altuve's seventh homer of the 2017 postseason, tying him with Daniel Murphy (2015) for the most by a second baseman in a single playoff run.

JEFF KENT, 2000 NL MVP, SIGNS WITH THE ASTROS And the Giants are now scrambling to find a second baseman who can hit for power and alienate Barry Bonds.

Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor has been suspended eight games for punching Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista in the face after Bautista went in hard on a slide.

No one on the Indians wants to jinx Moran by coming out flatly and saying, «He's the second baseman we've been waiting for,» but his spring training performance certainly indicates that he is.

It would be so very Yankees if this is how they found their second baseman for the next five years.

The ball dribbled to the right and the surprised second baseman delayed fielding it long enough for the surprised third base coach to send the surprised runner on third home with the winning run.

Braves Atlanta lost its second baseman and leadoff hitter for the season when Quilvio Veras tore his right ACL on July 14.

Baltimore (5 - 2) gained ground as Second Baseman Rich Dauer went 14 for 33.

Newman and Cramer is going to have to battle it out for the future second basemen.

As for the farm system, it was ranked 28th out of 30 teams entering the season by Baseball America, and it was in such a bad way that the Angels traded away their long - time second baseman for a prospect reinforcement.

For instance, second baseman Treadway was learning how far first baseman Esasky can go to his right, so he'll know how far off second he has to play.

The first game of opening day features what is left of the Miami Marlins, who traded their entire outfield — reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, and Marcell Ozuna — plus second baseman Dee Gordon in the offseason after the team was sold for $ 1.25 billion.

Heads up play by Boston Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia to not only steal second base but also third base with the LA Angels pulling a defensive shift on for David Ortiz.

«For me, Edgar was the MVP,» says Mariners second baseman Joey Cora.

Henderson and Joyner, who was acquired from Kansas City in a deal for outfielder - second baseman Bip Roberts, also significantly upgrade the defense; Joyner and Caminiti give the Padres the best corner D in the league.

Cedeno, for his part, is steady up the middle, and second baseman Jody Reed made just four errors in 131 games.

The ball caromed off of Damore and second baseman Alexandra Attard for a single.

When he got to Syracuse in» 78, he was converted into the world's tallest second baseman, and he was still at second when Toronto brought him up for the first time in May of» 79.

Oates still has some hefty hackers — MVP catcher Pudge Rodriguez and first baseman Rafael Palmeiro are coming off the most productive seasons of their careers, and leftfielder Rusty Greer drove in 100 runs for a second straight season.

You could put the blame on Bobby Cox, for his failure to pull Charlie Leibrandt in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series, before Leibrandt gave up that epic home run to Kirby Puckett; or you could put it on Lonnie Smith, who screeched to a halt on the base paths when second baseman Chuck Knoblauch pantomimed a throw to second even though the ball was already in the outfield.

They're what I'm used to, with a sizable sweet spot that deadens the force but also allows for perfect control, ideal for my usual strategy of pushing the ball over the second baseman's head.

TRADED: By Cincinnati, Pitcher TOM SEAVER, 38, to the New York Mets for Pitcher CHARLIE PULEO, 27, and two minor - leaguers; by San Francisco, Second Baseman JOE MORGAN, 39, and Relief Pitcher AL HOLLAND, 30, to Philadelphia for Pitcher MIKE KRUKOW, 30, and two minor - leaguers.

Third Baseman Eric Soderholm, enjoying a second life in Chicago after a knee injury in Minnesota, was 4 for 4 in the 7 - 4 game.

With the trade for outfielder NORICHIKA AOKI and the signing of second baseman OMAR INFANTE, manager NED YOST has crafted a more traditional lineup, with those two atop it and ALEX GORDON dropped to the number 5 slot.

Morgan, a member of the MLB Hall of Fame for his years with the Cincinnati Reds and regarded as one of the greatest second baseman of all - time, played on the same prep team at Castlemont as May, who had an 18 - year MLB pitching career and led the American League in ERA in 1980.

Johnny Temple, bald and 31 and a major league second baseman for nine seasons now, sat in the Indians» dressing room and talked about McDowell, the bonus pitcher.

When super slugger and second baseman of the Houston Astros Craig Biggio got his 3,000 th hit in 2008, two of his teammates sprang for a special gift with local flavor.

Three - time All - Star and World Series champion first baseman Anthony Rizzo held a fundraiser at Coral Springs Center for the Arts on Thursday night to help raise the second half of the $ 300,000 needed for a project to install lights on the Eagles» baseball and softball fields.

«We are now truly bonded for life,» said Marnie Auerbach, the mother of senior second baseman Brandon Auerbach.