Sentences with word «infield»

Although these injuries are most common in baseball pitchers, they are also seen in infielders, catchers, outfielders as well as football quarterbacks and tennis players.

Last year's shortstop, Andre Rodgers, went to Pittsburgh, but the Cubs still have a seemingly endless supply of infielders of about equal — and not terribly impressive — ability.

Ayers is expected to anchor the middle infield at shortstop, but versatility and moving parts will be the norm for Sheldon.

Victory was clearly in sight as Casey retired Johnny Sturm and Red Rolfe on infield grounders in the Yankees» half of the ninth.

Maybe by late this year or some time next year we'll have Dee Gordon: mostly center fielder but also utility infielder with a plus bat.

In 10 years, we might be fully aware of how Baez was the best middle infielder of any of his peers.

ROOKIE HOPES: Promising group, but help for World Series team is expected only from Infielder Foster Castleman who spent last half of»54 with Giants, played only 13 games.

Betts also hit a bases - loaded infield single to drive in his fourth run of the day, and he's now batted.283 /.358 /.447 with seven homers in his first 58 major - league games.

At Wednesday evening's meeting of the Cortlandville Town Board, members approved a couple of year - end purchases: a groomer for infields at town parks, and a $ 202,000 10 - wheel dump truck, which should be delivered by summer.

If he hit.320 then he would be the best utility infielder in MLB history.

RP — Rusin had some bad luck with infield hits, Oberg could not hold them, Dunn was «undone» by a couple defensive miscues, and Ottavino struck out the side — but too many «free passes» in my opinion

Smokey Joe Wood even got his start wearing a wig and playing infield for the barnstorming Bloomer Girls outfit (he wasn't the team's only male player, either).

It featured buckled earth, weeds for infield grass, a mud hole for a pitcher's mound, a gap in the backstop the Ohio State band could have marched through, no home run fence and outfield grass so high we lost Eric in it once for three innings.

[70] On the Las Vegas Motor Speedway infield road course, Motor Trend was able to achieve lap times with the GT - R that were almost as fast as the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and 911 GT2 and 1.2 seconds slower than a Corvette ZR1.

JASON KIPNIS is an elite player — a lefthanded hitting infielder who steals bases and hits home runs and plays as hard as he does.

For the crucial Champions League group game at Spartak Moscow in November, Mathieu Valbuena was moved infield from the right flank and allowed to adopt the central playmaking role that he covets.

One can always find excuses, such as well - used tires or Rockingham's tight infield corners, but in the end the SLS didn't make the grade in this company because it's really a GT rather than a hard - core sports car.

Ross Barkley drifting infield from his wide forward role helps him.

Seven of the team's top hitters return, including senior infielder Shea Moreno -LRB-.430, 43 hits, team - best 38 RBI) and sophomore outfielder Sam Oliver -LRB-.405, 34 hits, 35 RBI).

The recently renovated Nardo facility, just purchased by Porsche and used by almost all major European manufacturers, consists of a high - speed loop with fast, four - lane banked corners as well as a magical, 4.2 - mile infield handling track with a mix of left - and right - handers, blind corners, and one memorable crest where, for a brief moment, only sea and sky fill the frame.

Whether it's basic footwork, throwing through the ball, or turning a double play, our proven methods will improve players» abilities, regardless of which infield position they play.

He came infield from the right and launched a sizzling rising drive from 25 yards that flew across Karius and smacked off the post!

Including Ells over Wade might literally mean the difference of a few singles here and there over the course of the entire season, but obviously at the expense of infield depth and ABs to gain experience for a young player.

Yesterday, August 20, 2012 Melas Park's new synthetic turf infields hosted their first games.

But when the Braves took infield practice last week, the choreography was all new.

Changes include the addition of the entire infield area in 1988 (present day turns 3, 4 and 5, eliminating the straight that started at present day Turn 2 and ended at present day Turn 5) extending the track from its original 1.9 - mile length to its current 2.238 - mile length, plus the relocation of pedestrian bridges and embankments, and the expansion of gravel pits for additional runoff.

Milwaukee outs turned into base hits when they bounced off bases or hopped over infielders» heads.

If one of them had played the ball infield on time we wouldn't have being talking about xhaka.

Last week, the Red Sox and Yankees were considered the favorites for Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada.

A strong infield defense helps with that, sure, but he's still a quality pitcher, and he has been for years.

Major League Baseball Players Association is launching their own app called Infield Chatter, a custom social network just for players and fa...

to see a starting infielder run around under a fair ball pop up until he falls down, while missing the catch.

There are notable success stories with catchers, but they almost always had infield experience in the minors.

Wenger is not a 2 out and out wingers type of manager, Pires was never a left winger as he did exactly what Cazorla does for us right now, but Pires was a class above Cazorla, he was a false left winger go always cut infield all the time and congested the midfield, that's where his goals came from, get would cut inside and let Cole overlap.

Are defenders not suppose to play the ball infield when teammates are man marked anymore.

When the score was 6 - 3, play - by - play announcer Jim Hunter said, «Texas having one of those days where they're getting bloop hits, they're getting blasts, they're getting infield hits.»

We haven't even looked at the pitchers... Bert would remind us «they are the best athletes on the team», and many likely played infield during their development years before reaching college / minors.

Freeman's cast is off, and he's working with Braves infield coach Ron Washington.

(Picture it fitting comfortably within a baseball infield.)

Infielders Clinic Kids play more confidently when they know how to field their position.

I spent some time in the new Hellcat Widebody at the tight and twisty infield circuit at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Anaheim shortstop David Eckstein, for instance, said he felt a difference in the balls as soon as he took infield practice before Game 1.

The Boston Red Sox signed Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada in February 2015 for $ 31.5 million, incurring a penalty of $ 31.5 million as well.

Between the errant throws, inability to catch popups, and being involved in multiple questionable collisions, he looks like a guy that's never played infield before.

Major League Baseball Players Association is launching their own app called Infield Chatter, a custom social network just for players and fans.

For the first few sessions we go at a brisk though hardly on - limit pace, but as the 40 - degree heat sends some of the press contingent in for refreshment we stick at it, gradually goading the Lamborghini instructors into quicker and quicker laps until, with a bit of judicious sandbagging, we drop off the back of the pace car, then get a clear run through the challenging second -, third - and fourth - gear left - right - left infield complex.

Tyler Wade is a sure fielding infielder who can hit.300 but has no power and we already had one of those and he's been less than his billed self the last few years.

He rushed over to another helicopter that, after a 10 - minute flight, deposited him in the Charlotte Motor Speedway infield for the longest race of the Sprint Cup season.

PARK RIDGE — Youth baseball coaches pressed the Park Ridge Park District Board Thursday night for dirt infields at two new baseball diamonds next to Emerson School.