Sentences with phrase «get major league»

It was built in 1988 (ironically one year before the SkyDome) in a bid to get a major league baseball team for Buffalo, but they were passed over for other locations.

What I love about spring training is that you get the Major League Baseball experience for a fraction of the price of the regular season.We're talking Yankees tickets for $ 7, the Braves for $ 13, and the Mariners for about $ 15.

Back to the Minors is the reason why the world and sports movie fans are likely to never get a Major League III / IV, or whatever proper sequel to Major League II.

His raw stuff is good enough to get major league hitters out, and fielding - independent numbers suggest he was a lot better than last year's 5.31 ERA.

As long as they don't feel that he is developing long term confidence issues, then get him major league coaching from a respected pitching coach, run him out there.

«He could have stayed in baseball, and he very well could have gotten a major league job.

Given his ST BA, my guess is that he gets another major league chance this year.

The man who got major league professional soccer to San Jose is Milan Mandaric, a 35 - year - old transplanted Yugoslavian.

Not exact matches

The Argentine star's insistence on a get - out clause in case Catalan secession means he can't compete in major - league sport is that latest symbolic twist to emerge from the region's independence push.

When it comes to investing, former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez likes to get advice from his daughter.

Getting into the retail major leagues is something many entrepreneurs dream about.

The up - and - coming ballplayers are the building blocks of any business's future and you've got to get and / or grow the best possible raw material for your team as cost - effectively as possible, which in the major leagues actually means as early as possible.

For example, Major League Baseball (MLB) is getting in on the action.

The package flies through my window, I get my hands over my face to block the shattered glass but am helpless as the package smashes into my face at Major League speeds.

The Stoneman Douglas baseball team will get an opportunity to play in South Florida's Major League Baseball stadium next week.

Bill Donahue of the Catholic League rejected the mayor's office explanation of potential religious infighting over who would get to pray, saying the issue is sorted out all the time for presidential inaugurations and other major events.

They need to try and play more tougher teams from the mid major leagues or power five leagues and try to get more of those teams to play at the SMC.I think that would help put butts in the seats and help a little more in recruiting better players.A complaint i hear about the basketball program from fellow fans hear in tulare county is why don't they play more higher profile teams like the football team does.

[Update 9/27/17] It took more than a month to get final approval, but according to the Associated Press, Derek Jeter and his ownership group have officially succeeded in buying the Marlins, as the rest of Major League Baseball's owners approved them.

If he was held to task would he really be able to justify his skill set as he still hasn't got spuds to a major trophy even though he could and should have — LCFC won the league on his watch and he came third in that race......

I watched the highlight yesterday when I got home from work, Mr arsene is a confused, and I think he's an enemy of arsenal progress as it is now, as far as I'm concerned Wenger is not under pressure to win major titles, it's a shame he can't even win champions league as a big he claims he is,

Challenging the best in Europe will indicate winning our own league and reasoning in the mind of Barca, Real M, Bayern M and more as a «major» treat to their European aspirations... Not just a silent participant pushed aside easily and just competing to get the rewarding money of exiting the group stage (which we are doing right now since we can not imagine winning the greatest trophy in club football).

The best way to keep him at the club: 1) make proper signings to show him that the squad is getting better & more competitive 2) it is getting better for one objective only, winning major trophies (Premier league, Champions league) 3) extend Özil & Sanchez contract to show how viable the project is Xhaka is a great signing but he alone can't fix our issues that have hampered our campaigns specially in the last 2 seasons.

I'm not getting carried away, but I always thought we had a good enough team to win the league, but there was clearly a major disagreement in the team after Christmas, as nobody was even looking each other in the face, on the field or on the bench, but things seem to have improved now, along with the formation change.

That is where we are now; and it can get worse because unlike in the US major leagues where there is no relegation, we are looking at a situation where we could possibly be dragged (if not his year, the next) into a scrap for survival.

I can switch it to Champions League, but honestly I don't think we'll get any further than the semis (and even that's a major challenge).

Last season he had personal major league lows in home runs and RBIs, and at one point in September he got so fed up that he refused to enter a game as a pinch hitter.

In order to get the fan's excited about the upcoming start of the Major League Baseball season, the MLB Fan Cave has been releasing videos starring MLB Players performing spoofs of songs and in some cases movie scenes.

Major League Baseball is threatening a lockout, should they not get their way in collective bargaining agreements before the Dec. 1 deadline.

Largely a defensively minded midfielder not averse to working hard, Hadzic is neat enough in possession to get by as a midfield in one of Europe's major leagues and certainly seems ready to make the jump from the relatively obscure Austrian Premier League.

I think Knapp can hit well enough to be a major league catcher, the problem is his defense is rough and doesn't seem likely to get much better.

So his established major league success is as good it will get and will only fall.

• Vincent worked behind the scenes with the major leagues» ownership committee to get the owners to approve the purchase of the Seattle Mariners by a group largely financed by Japanese capital.

Yeah, but if we use the new aging curve, you're already getting a declining player after he has had major league success.

The idea is to get him to extended spring training, then on a minor league rehab assignment, and finally, in June, back with the Angels in the majors.

In effect, all base - stealing records are considered tainted in some major league circles because to get them, the record holders must surely have been running when «they shouldn't have» — when their teams have been either well ahead or way behind.

Jari Litmanen, Finland A magnificent playmaker, who perhaps never got the recognition he deserved in one of Europe's truly major leagues.

Compared to Wenger that has been keeping Arsenal in the top four position for 21 years, Ranieri gave Leicester City a Premiere League title in just two years, despite of the club's little resources, yet still got fired after winning the major trophy in a very short time.

I have to begrudgingly acknowledge that the Bills getting Henderson's fat, outta shape, quitting ass in the seventh round is a major league steal.

And if not, it will definitely be Spain, Madrid to be precise, we will get to know this week as the season is now completely over in the major leagues...

But Mederer sees no real future for rotary engines in major league racing until a factory gets involved.

These young guns will only get a chance to prove themselves at top level if and only if arsenal make massive signings that will give us a major trophy... if we are for example leading the league in like seven points in February, then we can afford to give them some minutes on field but they wont get game time on the current team cz the manager realizes that the club needs trophies and hez running out of time so i even doubt he will use them in capital one cup... Good luck boys

When he got to the ballpark last Tuesday, Beattie said, «The retirement letter of the major league saves leader is hand - written.

In today's expansion - diluted market it is often possible to regard the major league catcher as a sort of convenience, somebody to stop the ball from hitting the umpire when the batter misses it and to get the ball back to the mound.

Major league catchers — Bill Freehan of Detroit, for example — usually throw with less steam but with more accuracy, and they get the ball away quicker.

Regardless of your assessment of Mahtook, Gerber and Stewart will get their cracks at the major league level.

This would get a little tricky, considering that teams like to have options in the event of a vacancy at the major league level, but start with the prospects in short - season ball and Class - A, the ones who aren't likely at all to get called up, even when the rosters expand.

I'll probably get loads of thumbs down because of my comments but until I see some major changes in the way we line up and go about our footballing business, I'll never expect anything more than just being a top four premiership side which turns up for the champions league every year that has no hope of winning either.

There's also an outside chance Kemba Walker gets moved, but there's a sense around the league that this deadline could come and go without a major splash.

Ranieri, Klopp and Simeone got major trophies by using much lower budget than what Wenger has and in the leagues that are dominated by giant super-rich clubs

We have already had the bonus of seeing Alexis Sanchez overcome the knock to his Arsenal and play for Chile and now the news that our creator in chief Ozil is going to be okay to line up against Pep Guardiola's team is a major boost to our hopes of getting back on track and finishing in the top four spots to ensure another Champions League place.