Sentences with phrase «league baseball team who»

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And then there are people like Jason Klein the young branding executive who, when hired to rename the Hartford minor league baseball team, chose the bizarre, seemingly ridiculous, and ultimately ingenious name, Yard Goats.

How many people do you know who can name all eight teams of the old PONY League (PONY being the acronymical title of the postwar Class D baseball league consisting of teams from Pennsylvania, Ontario, and New League (PONY being the acronymical title of the postwar Class D baseball league consisting of teams from Pennsylvania, Ontario, and New league consisting of teams from Pennsylvania, Ontario, and New York)?

In the 2002 film, «The Rookie,» actor Dennis Quaid plays a middle - aged high school baseball coach who tries out for a major league baseball team.

Six rookies and «Granny,» who was almost lost to major league ball, helped make the Phils the most improved team in baseball this spring

These days, after the college season is over, the loveliest ballpark in America becomes home to the Alpine Pony League team, coached by Scotty Lewis, who, like his father before him, went to college on a baseball scholarship paid for by Herbert Kokernot Jr..

If you want to look at players who steal from their teams check our Major league baseball.

For aguy who had been a walk - on at Cal State — Fullerton, laced a pinch - hit singleduring the 2007 College World Series, caught Giants ace Tim Lincecum in theCape Cod League and was coaching a youth team in Pasadena at the time of thecrash, throwing a baseball was the ultimate sign of progress.

The new system made sure almost all of the money stayed with Major League Baseball owners, which was a clear improvement for people who owned a basebaBaseball owners, which was a clear improvement for people who owned a baseballbaseball team.

BIG LEAGUE SECRETS: CAUSE AND EFFECT Sirs: As an avid baseball fan, to whom the pitcher has always been the most interesting player on the team (I married one who gave it up to study medicine), I want you to know how much Sal Maglie's fine article (SI, March 17) will increase my enjoyment of the game.

Jersey City has had minor league baseball teams intermittently since 1878 and has fielded some noteworthy players, such as George Stovey, a black pitcher who won 35 games in 1886, and George (Twinkletoes) Selkirk, the Yankee who was nicknamed after a Jersey show girl.

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She is the granddaughter of Dallas Green, who finished his Major League Baseball career with the Mets in 1966 and eventually went on to manage the team from 1993 - 96.

Turns out, it wasn't the guy who I thought it was, he was on the phone whenever I made the face at him, and I found out he's a player for the local minor league baseball team and probably thought I was fan - girling at the sight of him.»

The extraordinary real - life story of Jim Morris (Quaid), who, twelve years after dropping out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm, is inspired by the young men on the championship - winning high school team he coaches to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team.

«Moneyball» (2011) Baseball statistics and analytics might not be the sexiest of topics, but it all heats up when you have Brad Pitt playing Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, who hires an Ivy League grad (Jonah Hill) to revive his failing team on a tight budget.

Remember the major - leaguer who qualifies for the all - star team when he only succeeds a third of the time (a.333 average in Major League Baseball isn't bad).

Champ, a mutt who is a familiar face to fans of the IronPigs, a minor league baseball team, is still missing after bolting during Friday's fireworks display at Coca - Cola Park in Allentown.

Through our partnerships with Major League Baseball teams, that's not the case for thousands of fans who, for one night at least, get to bring their entire family to a Bark at the Park game.

For the most hardcore baseball fans who'd like to control every last bit of their teams are two modes in particular: Franchise Mode (which gives players full control over a team's finances and roster moves) and Diamond Dynasty, a fully - featured online league that allows players to build their own customized baseball league and move up through the ranks by playing against other players.

Greenberg, a Reed Smith sports attorney who has interests in such minor league baseball teams as the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, was looking to buy the Texas Rangers, along with Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.

An investigation conducted by Major League Baseball determined that a member of the Red Sox training staff used the smartwatch to receive information that helped the team's players decipher hand signals used by the opposing team's catcher, who is in charge of making (and signaling) the pitch selections for the pitcher.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was pleased to learn that all 30 major - league teams will wear Stoneman Douglas High School baseball caps to honor the 17 people who died in a shooting last week at his alma mater.