Sentences with phrase «getting on base»

Don't be concern about hitting home runs, as much as getting on base regularly.

To use a baseball metaphor... I like getting on base as often as possible: hitting singles.

Of the dozens of Facebook campaigns I have run many hit the showers without so much as getting on base.

After all, success isn't always about the home runs so much as just getting on base — again, and again, and again.

As the # 2 hitter, when Swisher's hitting well and getting on base, it creates opportunities for the Yankees» power front to see hittable pitches.

He's currently getting on base more than half of the time and his seven ding - dongs and 20 RBI aren't too shabby either.

This week they won 12 - 1 led by Morris Greco getting on base 4 times including a HR (in the video).

:)» Harris showed up big at the plate getting on base in all 4 at - bats.

During spring training Twins utilityman Denny Hocking informed leftfielder Jacque Jones, the team's newly minted leadoff hitter, that he was going to keep track of how often Jones started a game by getting on base.

Kingery continues to look Zobrist - ian Crawford with the wheels and getting a couple hits Rhys with a bomb and walking Santana getting on base Odubel with a bunch of great catches along with the offense Arrieta was lights out Bullpen solid Hernandez just keeps getting on base — I keep waiting for him to not be as good as he has been, but he's just been super steady.

The defense is a known issue, to put it gently, so if he's not hitting for power or average or getting on base, it's hard to justify his lineup existence.

It started early, with Chris Taylor getting on base and then Cody Bellinger doubling him home in the first to make the game 1 - 0.

Connor Buth led the way at the dish getting on base in 3 of his 4 appearances and driving in 2 in the process.

seriously 2B — LeMahieu playing good ball — always slick on D and he is getting on base a lot.

But, for all their skill at getting on base and scoring runs, it is in the field that Fox and Aparicio render their most valuable service.

2B — LeMahieu continues to hit well and get on base — playing for an extension?

He'll hit for average (but not that much), a little power (but not that much), get on base (but not that much), and field his position well enough (but not that well).

Confidence is as important of a skill as any and they need to believe that they are going to get on base when they are at the plate.

Taylor got on base again in the third, and this time, Justin Turner brought him around to score with a single to right field.

Gregorius got on base, and then both he and Judge were brought home by a Sanchez double to right field.

Lawton is a shrewd pickup because he gets on base -LRB-.366 on - base percentage) and allows manager Joe Torre to put Bernie Williams at designated hitter, Hideki Matsui in centerfield and Tony Womack on the bench.

Writing in his column for the Montreal Star, John Robertson said, «What the 20,129 stunned spectators saw manifesting itself was the private war of Tim Foli with his own limitations — a self - imposed act of retribution for the error he had made on the previous play, which allowed Watson to get on base in the first place.»

While Young got on base with a walk, nothing came of it.

Joyce is doing exactly what we hoped he'd do: get on base and hit for some power (just like he did last year).

You see him go on streaks where he gets on base at a decent clip and make a lot of contact.

A leadoff hitter needs to get on base first.

He'll have Yan Gomes behind him if he gets on base.

He keeps up a running commentary on the game, shouting things like «All we need is a touchdown» and «Don't take too long a lead — you don't get on base that often.»

Ellsbury is a professional hitter who knows how to get on base and can be aggressive on the base paths.

They couldn't get on base, and they finished in the bottom half of the league in slugging.

I honestly would be surprised if Dix got on base that much, but he could get to.325 -.330.

EFFECTIVE BATSMEN The true value of a hitter is most accurately reflected in the number of times he gets on base — by any means.

I don't care what inning it is, if it's a two run game you do everything you can to get on base because then everything can change with one swing.

Sometimes it's a speedy, disruptive player who can't get on base, or a huge batting - practice legend whose 500 - foot home runs are as legendary as his swings on 55 - foot curveballs.

The best Mets» and Royals» hitters get on base and work the count, but they're not exactly the types of hitters that make anyone put off a trip to the restroom.

Now we've got guys in the lineup who work the counts, get on base and manufacture runs.

Those runs wouldn't be a buffer for long though, as in the top of the next inning Kris Bryant, Willson Contreras, and Albert Almora all got on base thanks to a double and two walks, respectively.

He got on base 20 of his 26 appearances in the Regular Season.

Each got on base 3x.

With his defense, speed, and baserunning ability, he has a pretty high floor if he can simply get on base.

Frasier hits for a terrible average and strikes out way too much, but he gets on base, has power, and plays good defense.

«I remember thinking that if he doesn't get on base, we can lose the game,» says Woodard.

Sometimes we must restrain ourselves to gain a reward (baseball batters can get on base by not swinging at bad pitches) or take action to avoid a penalty (tax cheaters can come forward during amnesties).

The height is great for pushing it under your cabinets and it isn't heavy so you can store it away very easily.With blenders there is always the chance that liquid spills out and gets on the base.

The director is Shawn Levy, who didn't endear himself to me with the «Night at the Museum» movies, but gets on base with this one.

There's a very good chance that if the Aura doesn't at least get on base, there will be no fourth opportunity.

If you do want some Mazda6 manual action, you can only get it on the base Sport trim with the naturally aspirated 2.5, which has 66 fewer horsepower and 125 fewer pound - feet.

Generally, the scholarship is something that a student gets on the basis of their merit and it should indicate that the student stood ahead among him / her peers.

The best offensive players are the ones who get on base the most, not (necessarily) those with the highest batting average or home run count.

I've been able to determine seven key data - driven tactics to help you buyers to get on base — and all the way home.