Sentences with phrase «hitter for»

Still these are early days, and in the PS3's first year comes Heavenly Sword, a Sony exclusive and a hopeful big hitter for the console.

Dead Rising 3 looks to be a huge heavy hitter for Microsoft's Xbox One console that will be launching this November.

«Miracle» starts with Kelley's best friend, Caroline (Line) Found (an overly ebullient Danika Yarosh), as star setter — the player who positions the ball for a hitter for the West High Trojans, who are defending their state championship from the past season.

These loafer mules by Sam Edelman have been a heavy hitter for me.

These pants have been a heavy hitter for me.

But — and let me try to put this delicately, because Jim Rice was a very, very good hitter and was feared and hit the ball a country mile — Edgar Martinez is just a far, far superior hitter and was a superior hitter for more seasons.

You can always second - guess, but to me it feels like just swapping one sub-replacement hitter for another.

The first step was to shore up the bullpen, and the second one was to get an extremely reliable hitter for the middle of the order.

The junior outside hitter for Ponderosa High School's girls volleyball team has her sights set on a championship run, and her team has shown the promise to back up her claim through one half of the Capital Valley Conference season.

He was hoping the Royals would get two more runs to make the final score 13 - 0, the same score as in his last high school game, when he pitched a no - hitter for Cleveland High of Reseda to win the 1982 Los Angeles city championship in Dodger Stadium.

This isn't an article to convince people who wouldn't vote for Martinez because he wasn't a great hitter for long enough.

McGill is now a right - side hitter for UC Riverside while Miller sets for Sonoma State.

And, yes, I believe that game turned out to be a no - hitter for our pitcher after that, too.»

Pulling for Drew Waters to establish himself as the great switch hitter for average and power that we need.

Vicky Braegelmann ALBANY, MINN. > Volleyball Braegelmann, a senior right - side hitter for Minnesota - Duluth, averaged 4.32 kills for the 29 — 2 Bulldogs, who led Division II in kills and won their fourth straight North Central Conference title.

It includes Oakland Athletics vice president and Moneyball guru Billy Beane, former A's and New York Yankees» third baseman Eric Chavez (who was Mr. Baseball State Player of the Year twice), World Series MVP pitcher Cole Hamels and Sam's nephew, Hank, a heavy hitter for many years with the Texas Rangers.

He was a great hitter for a pitcher, but he could have been a great hitter for a hitter if someone, somewhere, pushed him down a much different career path.

But if you have to use Bartolo Colon as a comparable hitter for a position player, it's probably something to discuss.

Downing then started the season by reaching base in 21 of his first 28 plate appearances as a leadoff hitter for a.750 on - base percentage.

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

Ramos has been a net - negative hitter for two seasons now.

A. Bobo Holloman pitched a no - hitter for the St. Louis Browns on May 6, 1953, beating Philadelphia 6 - 0.

If it works, they have a cleanup hitter for the next half - decade to pair with Paul Goldschmidt.

Milt Pappas, who won 209 big league games and pitched a no - hitter for the Cubs in 1972, manages Chicago; Gene Hiser, a utility outfielder during his five seasons as a major - leaguer, plays for Chicago.

It is, of course, silly to make Martin the leadoff hitter for the reasons you point out.

He will be a hitter for three or four games every week, he will be a pitcher for one game every week, and he probably won't do both on the same day.

If you can avoid a.350 hitter for the.250 hitter....

The indicator then shows the player's rating as a clutch hitter for that particular trip to the plate.

Right now the projected lineup over at Roster Resource has Troy Tulowitzki as the leadoff hitter for the Blue Jays.

It's offensive if he's an awful hitter for a first baseman because that's a waste of a position that should go to a slugger.

That's an oversimplification — McCann and Teixeira at least had a history of being elite hitters for their position.

PEA would be a huge snipe could we land him, and his goalscoring prowess should be worthy of challenging the big hitters for the Premier League Golden Boot award next term.

Arsene Wenger will welcome back three heavy hitters for Saturday's clash with Birmingham at St. Andrew's.

Because so many teams employ great left - handed hitters for that reason, left - handed specialist pitchers for the bullpen stay in high demand.

«Ex Machina» and Straight Outta Compton» getting Best Original Screenplay nods — Yesterday, I knew there was room among the big hitters for one surprise entry in the Best Original Screenplay category.

Here we are again at the round - up table, with third - person actioner Bayonetta 2, one of Nintendo's big - hitters for the Wii U this festive season.

Here we are again at the round - up table, with third - person actioner Bayonetta 2, one of Nintendo's big - hitters for the Wii U this festive season.

It's perhaps the most important month of the gaming year, with the big publishers saving their even bigger hitters for this precious date.

This year's E3 was a strange combination of current - gen blockbusters and heavy - hitters for next - gen, with plenty of indie goodness sprinkled in between.

The roster, while lacking some heavy hitters for narrative reasons, offers a nice variety that pulls equally from DC's gods and titans as the vigilantes, such as the Bat family and Suicide Squad.

Last year's Galaxy S8 was one of the big hitters for folks moving from Windows phones.

Not exact matches

Standing before a group of heavy hitters, each participant pitched an idea in hopes of winning support for his or her brainchild.

In fact, after talks with scores of recruiters, company owners, HR directors, and the recruits themselves, one thing has become clear: for the right opportunity, a lot of heavy hitters are willing to make considerable trade - offs — beginning with the most traditional component of a compensation package: salary.

Last weekend's Hyperloop pod design contest attracted heavy hitters to what amounted to a coming - out party for the technology.

While there are a few one - off rides tied to the Marvel universe in Orlando, such as the Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster coming to Epcot, the real heavy hitters of the Marvel universe, including Spider - Man, the Hulk and Iron Man will likely remain MIA for some time.

For example: An 86 - mph fastball down the middle seems like a 92 - mph pitch to the hitter when you throw it up and in; likewise, it can seem like an 80 - mph pitch when you throw it down and away.

Enriched with acne - fighting and Midas-esque heavy - hitters like precious pure gold, charcoal, and a specialized vitamin C serum, this pick is a good one to have on hand for those random (and infuriating) breakouts.

The fund, which is targeting $ 100 billion for technology investments, already has attracted investments from such big hitters as Apple, Qualcomm, Foxconn and Oracle co-founder and former CEO, Larry Ellison.

Cost estimates for the extension, pushed hard by heavy hitters like U.S. Rep. Robert Brady (D., Pa.) and union boss John Dougherty, are in the $ 400 million range.

Positioned like a power hitter in baseball, He waited for someone to question him so he could smash you over the left - field wall.