Sentences with phrase «home run balls of»

So 60 and the home runs to follow require special baseballs, ones that can be identified in perpetuity, avoiding the fates of the famous home run balls of Bobby Thomson in 1951 and Bill Mazeroski in»60 that were lost to oblivion.

Not exact matches

Innovation is about «small ball» — a succession of base hits and quick scores rather than swinging for the fences and hoping for home runs.

When the super-bouncy home run ball came into play, though, he started struggling (along with the rest of the Rays» rotation).

But only seven pitches and five batters into the game, Atlanta led 3 - 0, and the fans seated in the Stick's outfield had caught as many of Swift's balls as had catcher Kirt Manwaring: two, courtesy of back - to - back home runs by McGriff and Justice.

Even his lack of imp [act in the first half was not really Giroud's fault as hardly had a touch of the ball and I remember him running around to try to close the home team down without any help from the rest of the team.

In the Home Run Derby, he'll be facing a pitching coach of his choice, who will lob balls down the heart of the plate.

Johnson is an incredible threat out of the backfield — he caught 28 of 30 passes last year and averaged 10.5 yards per catch to Mack's 8.1 — but without Mack's home run capability, USF might need to snap the ball a few more times to score.

The former # 1 overall pick responded by absolutely obliterating the ball for a home run that he almost sent out of Nationals Park.

The ball bounced crazily away from him and Pierce lumbered all the way home from second base with the only run of the game.

He has nobody to play with, but every day he stands in the shadow of the barn, batting balls into the empty chrome skies, and every day his dog, his faithful soft - mouthed yellow mutt, tirelessly retrieves his every grounder, his every pop fly, his every line drive and then, yes, his every epic home run...

Both of them consume whole goats as villagers throw stones at them, and it's only fair if we get to watch them in the Home Run Derby, sending ball after ball into the spinning - marlin wormhole while kids run into each other belRun Derby, sending ball after ball into the spinning - marlin wormhole while kids run into each other belrun into each other below.

You could say that the run of the ball went in the home team's favour a lot more often than ours but to be honest I would say that Everton deserved it as they put in a really spirited and committed performance and we just could not quite match their intensity.

Because it has become harder to throw the ball past hitters and because mistakes on the inside half of the plate often become home runs, not just singles and doubles, pitchers nibble maddeningly off the lower and outside boundaries of the strike zone.

It was recovered there by a policeman named Clarence Williams, holed up in his canyon with just a piece of sky overhead so that he never saw the home run ball until it came over the fence and bounced at his feet, spattering his uniform with mud.

A home run, though, is far preferable to any other kind of batted ball, on account of the thing where they give you a whole run for it.

It's known that chicks that dig the long ball and, not surprisingly, one of the most popular prop bets asks which player will lead the league in home runs.

As Arthur also points out, this all means that MLB's home run surge can end in an instant: once the baseballs are changed again in a way that reduces the slickness of the balls once more.

As the pilot of a Piper Cub (used for artillery fire spotting and short island hops) came in for a landing — with an open cockpit, naturally in that weather — he was struck in the face by what would have been a home - run ball.

I was glad to see that the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott was quick to hold his hand up and accept the blame for his part in the opening goal of the game between Arsenal and Manchester United on Saturday, scored by Juan Mata when the Spaniard was allowed too much space to run into the penalty area and sweep home the ball by Ander Herrera.

He put four balls in play, two of them home runs that traveled a combined 903 feet.

What hurt him the most last year was the fact that his home run / fly ball ratio was over 16 %, much higher than the league average of about 10 %.

Paul Finkelman, a professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law and a consultant in the lawsuit over ownership of Barry Bonds's 73rd home run ball, says neither.

The front row of the upper deck in right overhangs the field by about 10 feet, catching fly balls and turning them into home runs.

It's a tired debate, but yet another home run explosion — an average of 2.6 per game had been hit through Sunday; last year's record total (5,528 homers) was achieved at a pace of 2.3 — again has fueled talk that the ball is juiced.

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.

He put 59 of those into play, 10 for home runs — an alarming rate of solid, square contact by a rounded bat on a round ball.

[A four you get for hitting the ball so that it crosses the boundary, the perimeter of the playing area, and a six — you can call it a home run — happens when the ball clears the boundary without touching the ground first.]

Pirates first baseman Garret Jones became only the second player ever to hit a home run ball out of PNC Park and...

One fan sitting in right field of Sunday's Indians - Astros game showed why you don't try to catch a home - run ball with...

Wood was one of the more surprising pitchers this season and had 5.2 innings of no - hit ball before giving up a home run to George Springer.

These supposed «juiced» balls have led to a record number of World Series home runs despite just five games being played and bettors expect that to carry over tonight.

«I'm getting a lot of ribbing,» said McFarlane, who owns seven McGwire 1998 home run balls, «but if having my balls neutered brings joy to this country now, then I'm ready to do my patriotic duty.»

Almost half of the balls Zimmerman hits into the field (excluding home runs) have been hits.

A lot of things have happened since 28 December, when Nicolas Anelka ran into space behind the West Ham defence, tucked the ball home, peeled away in celebration and gestured his way into infamy.

The balls have changed before many times and home runs spiked, or the mound was raised and offense dropped, and so on — it's all part of the cyclical nature of the game.

Mitrovic netted a third a minute from time as a driving run from substitute Tomas Kalas found the striker on the edge of the box and the Serbian smashed the ball home.

Sagna went on a great run chasing a ball that looked like it was going out of play and sped towards the Blackburn goal, he found Fabregas in the middle whose shot hit Walcott and rebounded into the path of the «onrushing» Arshavin and the russian slotted it neatly home.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain gave the home side some hope with a late goal, but in a final wag of the tail Yannick Ferreira - Carrasco ran unchecked into the area and David Ospina's hand could only push the ball against the far post and in.

Newcastle were buoyed from that run of form on home soil, and Yedlin had time to pick out a cross with no Black and Red shirt in the vicinity despite the ball holding up on a heavy St James» pitch.

Van Persie got the ball rolling with the opener after just eight minutes, flicking home a shot after a penetrating run and pass by England's man - of - the - moment Walcott.

Leroy Sane, clearly in the mood to inflict harm on the home side, collected the ball on the left and then set off on a slalom - type run that wouldn't have looked out of place in the winter Olympics.

His explosion on the European scene at the age of 17, when he would run around keepers every other week before tapping the ball home, was unprecedented.

Andrey Arshavin went on another of his run, and Walcott poked the ball home from close range.

Most toddlers are up and running now; the average toddler will choose to be physically active for at least three hours a day if given the choice, so it's important to give them plenty of opportunities for practising their new - found walking skills: it's a great time to discover the outdoors, and perhaps leave the buggy at home if you don't need to be somewhere for several hours... They may be able to run — but possibly not change course at the same time — and will also encounter mixed success when trying to kick a ball.

«I'm not going to take my ball and go home,» said Larry Quinn, who added that he would finish the last three years of his term, but probably not run for a second.

I have learned about the motions required to produce some of the most remarkable performances in sports: hitting home runs and throwing balls at close to 100 mph.

Of course, it's unlikely that New York Yankee Aaron Boone was considering optimal angles and ball spin when he hit his 11th - inning home run to end the Red Sox's run toward this year's World Series.

His tears fly like foul balls and, when his eyes finally do open with the faintest recognition of my voice, I call that a home run.

Instead, this is about looking, feeling and performing like a million bucks — being able to leap out of bed in the morning, jump and click your heels together, and tackle the day; being able to not just see your grandkids hit a home run but actually be out on the baseball field throwing the ball around with them; being able to have sex, climb mountains, do triathlons, lift weights and experience life's adventures in your 70's, 80's, 90's and beyond.

Actors: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley Creator: Alan Ball Number of discs: 7 Rated: Unrated Studio: HBO Home Video Release Date: May 21, 2013 Run Time: 720 minutes