Sentences with phrase «hitters at»

With a faster CPU and full 1080p HD support, the Wii U finally competes with the big hitters at Sony and Microsoft, while maintaining the usual Nintendo gimmick in the controller.

The big hitters at Starwood are the Platinums who stay over 50 nights / 25 qualified stays.

Sega and Atlus don't seem particularly likely to announce any of its heavy Japanese hitters at E3, as they're typically saved for Japanese events, but they do have some Japanese games that are due confirmation of what's happening with their Western releases.

The Phillies have made great strides in keeping opposing hitters at bay.

I accompanied the antibiotics (several — 5 or 6 — heavy hitters at a time) with Chinese Herbs, my usual vitamin supplements and teas.

Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Morneau, Carlos Gonzalez and Nolan Arenado make a fearsome middle of the order, and they have worthwhile hitters at the top of the order, too.

The short of it is that he was one of the best hitters at his position for 13 years, and it's a position that is usually devoid of sluggers.

The right field power alley at the Giants» AT&T Park is 421 - feet away while the Yankees» right field porch is a boon for left - handed power hitters at 385 - feet.

Long before the 2001 Heisman Trophy winner was filling highlight reels by running over and through the defenses of Missouri, Baylor and Colorado, he was filling gaps as one of the fiercest hitters at Omaha's Millard North High.

There's a lot to like about the three hitters at the top of the order, and Chris Sale is still starting 20 percent of the games.

He's got a balk move to first, which means a speedy guy on first base, like, say, Rickey Henderson, with a lefthanded hitter at the plate, has to think for a second.

Pittsburg has its own home - run hitter at running back.

And the problem with Markakis is that when you look at it, he's an average hitter at best with not much power, slow speed, and limited range, and that skillset doesn't have too much value overall however you look at it.

But Strong's rising star hasn't changed her at the core, where she remains the little girl who just loves being on that pitching rubber with ball in her hand, hitter at the plate and a one - on - one battle looming.

For example, if the first playoff inning ends with the No. 6 hitter having the last official at bat, then the following inning begins with the No. 7 hitter at bat, and then the No. 5 hitter at second base and the No. 6 hitter at first base.

We'll see next month if the early preview can generate ticket sales for «Zoo,» as competition stiffens from heavy hitter at other studios.

He is a heavy hitter at NSF and has played this PR type of game before.

Not exact matches

At times, he'll keep a slumping hitter in the lineup far too long, as he did with Adam Dunn in 2011.

Banks might be the bigger hitters, but alternative lenders definitely win at the racetracks.

Whereas most hitters would send a ball dribbling into the infield on a broken bat, Harper instead lifted his a whopping 406 feet over the wall in right - center at Citifield.

With the NASDAQ Composite back to the magic 5,000 level, today we look at the «heavy hitters» in the index.

Investments: Wealthfront has some heavy hitters behind its investment strategy, including Chief Investment Officer Burton Malkiel, senior economist at Princeton University and author of «A Random Walk Down Wall Street,» an investing classic.

Others might be hesitant to look closely at their wins and jinx that success — like trying to talk to a pitcher about the no - hitter he's throwing.

If I have to bite at stuff that is out of my happy zone, I'm not a.344 hitter.

Truth be told, it is mysterious that DC has managed to churn out three Batman movies, two Superman movies, a Green Lantern movie, a Green Arrow TV show and a planned Flash TV show (and that's all ignoring the previous film adaptations of these characters) without turning its attention to one of its heaviest hitters (aside from a famously disastrous attempt at a television show a few years back).

Solve for us the question of the reasonableness of athiesm, where you get something (big bang) from nothing — there must be a first cause of everything; explain implications of the anthropic principle and the wildly unprobablistic likelihood that our universe could even form in such a fashion as to be capable of sustaining life (which has, interestingly, your athiest heavy hitters (i.e. Dawkins, Schwartz, etc.) necessarily positing multiple universe theories to get around the near probablistic impossibility of all conditions be present at time of big bang for life to be possible without acknowledgement of a divine designing hand guiding the process); explain The probablistic impossibility of non-irreducibly complex basic cells (life) coming together spontaneously (DNA, cell membrane, etc), even the most basic, simple forms of life allowing for reproduction, metabolism, etc...

Of course, if FDA were worried about the safety of MBC, it would also have to stop grape juice (with an EPA tolerance of 5.0 ppm) and cherry juice (the heavy - hitter, with an EPA tolerance at a monstrous 20 ppm).

Blackmon — great hitter with now more RBI potential — perfect slot for him at # 3 Arenado — he is the no brainer # 4 hitter on this team CarGo — # 5 suits his hitting style perfectly Iannetta — good plate discipline and works the count — plus has power — nice # 6 option Parra — fits nice at # 7 or # 8 Desmond — puts a speed / pop bat towards the end of the line up — either # 7 or # 8

where our hitters just look totally clueless at the plate.

Keep Kyle Watson at the leadoff hitter position.

A smaller player, such as 5» 11» Michael Peca of the Buffalo Sabres, a premier hitter who is listed at 181 pounds but who midway through the playoff grind looks as wispy as Kate Moss, uses his legs to generate force.

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

If he's at least a credible No. 3 hitter, the Mets have a much better lineup than you think.

Darvish isn't exactly having an easy time putting hitters away, but he is pitching better than he was at the start when it started to look like it was going to be a short night for him and a long one for his Dodgers.

In Game 5, they had the lead, might have extended it further if not for the kind of send at third base that haunts a fan base for years, left the bases loaded late, and then had their best hitter this year, Daniel Murphy, weakly pop up in the ninth against Kershaw, who was working on a day of rest.

It's why we remember the squirrels on the field, the mitts thrown to first with baseballs in them, and the hitters who swing at a pitchout to protect a hit - and - run.

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These are the hitters that pitchers see when they close their eyes at night, and some of the groupings are just unfair.

# 39 Jan Dukes CHEYENNE All - America at Santa Clara threw no - hitter in final collegiate start, in 1967; no wins, but did have 2.70 ERA in three seasons in majors.

I don't try to remember every hitter as such, but what happens is, when you look at a hitter you almost automatically remember the times he's hurt you.

He was, at one point, also a professional hitter.

Another part of that has to do with 23 different hitters not being ready for a specific pitch at a specific time.

A switch - hitter like Fowler would slot nicely behind Adam Eaton at the top of the lineup, allowing Melky Cabrera to slide further down.

He threw the wrong pitch at the wrong time to the wrong hitter, which is something that's happened to every pitcher in the history of the game.

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.

Simmons was only a little better than a league - average hitter but managed that at shortstop, where that kind of performance makes you a serious contributor.

Other than Mike Trout (193 OPS +) and Andrelton Simmons (111 OPS +), every single one of their position players to take an at - bat for them this year is a below - average hitter, according to adjusted OPS.

Selma, the team's leading hitter as a junior at.443 and with 29 RBI, will play at Cal next fall.

In his five seasons at the MLB level, Semien has hit with power and is improving a an overall hitter.

He's a switch - hitter and has shown the ability to hit at the MLB level with the Phillies.