Sentences with phrase «in baseball where»

He could have gone on to make a professional career out of any 3 of them; he had several offers of scholarships in baseball where he was a noted pitcher.

While the Angels have lost something substantial, it's worth noting that Trout was one of the few players in baseball where everyone feels like they've lost something substantial.

Not exact matches

«I've been a hustler my whole life, selling baseball cards and sneakers,» says Tebele, 26, speaking from his disheveled headquarters in SoHo, where miscellaneous FuckJerry merchandise clutters corners and dishes pile high in the kitchen sink.

This weekend pays tribute to a specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old - school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program designs, specially - designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.

The fact that Silver came from the world of baseball sabermetrics — where people like Moneyball star Billy Beane were ignoring conventional wisdom in favour of hard stats — only increased his credibility.

Bane, 62, who has a background in accounting, graduated in 1969 from the University of Southern California, where he played baseball — or, as he's said, «spent a lot of the time on the bench.»

Walker became one of the youngest members to serve on the Stanford Board of Trustees; found a career in his chosen field of real estate, where he has a successful real estate investment fund; holds equity in Hollywood nightclubs; and has a small ownership stake in the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team.

Koetsier lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he coaches baseball and hockey.

In the evangelical youth group where I was converted as a teenager, a wise elderly volunteer, probably now long gone on to glory, wore a different kind of red baseball cap.

In my mind's eye, though, what I see on East 33rd Street is the old brick horseshoe where I learned baseball from my grandfather Weigel in the late 1950s — and where, a half - century ago, I had a foretaste of the joy of the KingdoIn my mind's eye, though, what I see on East 33rd Street is the old brick horseshoe where I learned baseball from my grandfather Weigel in the late 1950s — and where, a half - century ago, I had a foretaste of the joy of the Kingdoin the late 1950s — and where, a half - century ago, I had a foretaste of the joy of the Kingdom.

But in a sports - crazed culture — where baseball, basketball and football make up hours of primetime TV each night — why not expand your athletic horizons?

I am a happy baseball spectator now but I would really love to spend a couple days laying in the sun by a heated pool (see above re: wimp) where I can get my fill of swimming.

On occasion, baseball fields were laid out more or less side by side where we played, and if the game I was taking part in was not sufficiently interesting, I would turn around and watch another or pass the time with my neighboring exile, a forlorn and uncoordinated wretch who had been banished to the right field of his game.

In five decades, when we all have a government - mandated Siri module implanted where the spine meets the brain, someone will ask Siri who holds the Major League Baseball record for career hits.

There was a section on this site titled «The Daily Puig,» where we looked for the most Puig - like moments in baseball.

This is the first period in baseball history where stimulants and PEDs are heavily regulated.

Reminds me of how the Astros told Verlander last year to drop his release point to where it was earlier in his career (he didn't know it was different), and he has been the 4th - best pitcher in baseball (by wOBA) since that day (Sept 5, 2017).

LOOK if kroenke wants a business where he can only care about himself and the profits then we should make him know that he is in the wrong venture or investment actually.You understand americans don't LOVE FOOTBALL maybe BASEBALL eeh!

Since becoming a starter in 2012, he's had a 1 - WAR season (2014, where he kept getting broken by people throwing baseballs), a 3 - WAR season, and three 4 - WAR seasons.

Strong supporting evidence that major league baseball should spread over the country in the 1960s came from Washington, where a Senate subcommittee heard testimony on two bills — S. 616 by Senator Keating and S. 886 by Senator Kefauver — both designed to prevent monopoly and preserve opportunity in professional sport.

Helton filmed Vanderdoes in the classroom, weight room, and onto the baseball field where Eddie dominates at the plate and on the mound.

The one where the alien was hiding out, playing baseball in the old Negro League?

The Diamondbacks started the scoring in the first inning, with Paul Goldschmidt hitting a home run that burst into flames and ascended to heaven, where it will play with other baseballs in a large, grassy field.

You get to be a baseball camel and store it in your baseball - can - still - be-fun hump, where it will sustain you through the darkest winters.

Sutcliffe is held in equally high regard in Independence, Mo., where he was all - state in football, basketball and baseball at Van Horn High.

This was back in the days where we were all convinced that the best baseball team actually won.

Now, we've entered a new, overt phase of the labor war where ownership, emboldened by a weakened players» union, have focused on greed above all, and baseball itself is in danger.

• Gene Autry, part owner of the Los Angeles Angels baseball club, when asked about the Angels» schedule in «Dodger Stadium»: «I don't know where that is.

If you want to stop tanking in baseball — we're talking in the NBA sense, where teams intentionally set themselves up to lose, allowing them better odds at a top draft pick — the solution is simple: Make it so that the MLB Draft is an enigmatic mess, where thousands and thousands of working hours from scouts and executives lead to incorrect decisions to draft players who provide absolutely no value to their new franchise.

And, here, a mile away in center field, where baseballs go about.01 percent of the time, is a pit underneath a bear trap tied to a bendy tree branch.

The park, Centro Olimpico, is ground zero of the last place in the free world where baseball is the unchallenged national pastime.

Wondering where the baseball is right now, in fact, and willing to cut you for it.

Once they were baseball's biggest heroes, and after too many years in exile, they're now back where they belong

Unless you factor in the part where the people who run the Indians are pretty good at evaluating baseball players.

It wouldn't be the last time he'd play baseball in North America, as the Cubs signed him to a minor - league deal where he was a player - coach back in 2014, and then he went on to play in the Dominican Winter League where he batted.313 /.409 /.510 at the age of 42.

As part of baseball's proposal, MLB would operate facilities in the Dominican Republic, where international draft prospects would be invited to live to develop their skills and education before becoming eligible.

The consensus in baseball is that most pitchers are struck by a ball that was pitched outside against a hitter who has shortened his swing in an attempt to drive the ball back where it was pitched.

A year later Herrera took a job as baseball and basketball coach at Lanier High in San Antonio's West Side barrio, where he would spend 18 years, including all of the Depression.

He has signed to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo — where he will join sister, Taylor, who is playing volleyball for the Mustangs, and where both their parents played and studied in college — and expects to play at least two years of college baseball before possibly signing a professional contract.

He'd played on a baseball team in Australia, where parents applauded and cooed, «Awwww, bad luck, mate,» whenever a boy or girl on his team swung and missed by a foot — and he'd played on a traveling AAU baseball team in the U.S., where parents stormed the dugout and seethed at coaches for pulling their sons out of games so benchwarmers could have a chance.

The My Pro Day membership starts with a pro baseball or college style evaluation, where coaches will identify strengths and weaknesses, and you'll see your skill - by - skill rankings in a nationwide player database.

When we look at where he is today and view it as a continuation of 2017, it looks like disaster, but on the other hand if we focus on 2018 it looks a lot like any number of baseball players after two weeks in the season.

Baseball Teixeira and Ramirez are reasonable bets to stay where they are in» 09, butwhere will Sabathia land?

As a freshman, Sime (pronounced Sim) split his time between baseball, where he played center field and hit.340, and track, where he went unbeaten in the 100 (9.6), the 220 (21.1), the broad jump (23 feet 3 inches) and the low hurdles (23.2).

The camps range from soccer to baseball to our popular multi-sport camps where kids sample three different sports (soccer, basketball and baseball) in one camp.

He holds a Masters Degree in Sports Management from Long Beach State University, and received his Bachelors degree from University of San Francisco where he was a member of the baseball team.

So where is the mystery any more in baseball?

AS AN ATHLETE Nathan grew up in Vallejo, California, where he was a nationally ranked baseball player, as well as an excellent football and basketball player.

Baseball's other attractions for Ainge include less hectic traveling than in basketball, a greater chance for a long career and a part - time home in Toronto, where the Mormon church is strong.

-- The Cardinals and Dodgers square off in Sunday Night Baseball where Clayton Kershaw's brilliance makes him a big favorite in St. Louis: