Sentences with phrase «league pitcher»

Think of the worst major league pitcher you've ever watched.

And I believe this is one of the real secrets of how to be a standout big league pitcher.

We think he's a quality major league pitcher.

So you can see why a big league pitcher must have three good pitches.

Gary Nolan was sent to California for Infielder Craig Hendrickson and a player to be named later; unsigned Rawley Eastwick went to St. Louis in exchange for minor league Pitcher Doug Capilla; Mike Caldwell was dealt to Milwaukee in return for two minor leaguers; and Pat Zachry wound up in New York as part of the Seaver deal.

He became the first National League pitcher since Bob Gibson in the 1968 World Series to strike out 10 or more batters in multiple games in the same playoff series.

Baseball purists argue that there's an unfair advantage based on ballpark since American League pitchers don't take batting practice and National League team's rarely have the bench depth to install an above average designated hitter.

As the Dodgers and Phillies prepared for Game 1 of the National League playoffs, San Diego Relief Pitcher Rollie Fingers appeared at Dodger Stadium to accept the Fireman of the Year award, which goes to the major league pitcher with the most saves.

If anything, that should re-enforce the notion that a dependable major league pitcher in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Fleisig's group were commencing a 2 - year epidemiological and biomechanical investigation of the causes of shoulder and elbow pain in Little League pitchers when I arrived, and I was given a role in that study for 6 months.

He had 21 wild pitches last year, the most by any National League pitcher since Tony Cloninger threw 27 away in 1966.

Rookie righthander Paul Wilson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 draft, who led all minor league pitchers last season with 194 strikeouts in 186 2/3 innings, might be the best of all the team's prospects.

# 39 Don Newcombe MADISON In 1956 former Negro leagues pitcher won the first Cy Young Award with 27 - 7 record and 3.06 ERA for Dodgers.

After all, American League pitchers don't take batting practice and National League team's don't shell out top dollar for designated hitters.

Similarly, Eric Cressey has mentioned the disparity between major league pitchers who can throw over 100 mph fast balls, but have a vertical leap of 18».

In a recent interview with The Hall of Very Good, former major league pitcher Tommy John was quoted as saying that the only way he was able to get back to full strength following his Tommy John surgery years ago was to throw, everyday.

Banned from baseball in 1920, the spitball has made such a rousing comeback that a quarter of all big - league pitchers now throw it.

For all of his historic accomplishments, Lincecum won the Players» Choice Award as the National League Outstanding Pitcher this season, along with the National League Pitcher of the Year Award from Sporting News.

Stony Brook University boosts an enrollment of more than 26,000 students, and counts talk show host Joy Behar, major league pitcher Joe Nathan, and Pulitzer Prize winner Scott Higham among its notable alumni.

He also wouldn't have been the first player with a great eye and patience in the minors who couldn't stop letting major league pitchers exploit the weaknesses that kept him from ever being more in the minors, though, so, you know.

On the other hand, here was Bunning, trying to convince people he was a serious candidate, while newspapers ran headlines like GOP GETS IN BALLGAME and EX-MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER GOES AFTER BIG WIN.

Gleyber Torres was destroying minor - league pitchers before Tommy John surgery ended his year.

They could then be used or traded, as is most advantageous, as the Tigers» minor league pitchers move to the majors in the next 4 years.

Endearing and undefended confusion were part of the character of Pascual Perez, the former big league pitcher murdered last week during an apparent home invasion in his native Dominican Republic.

It's worth noting that Long is the ERA leader among Southern League pitchers with the requisite innings pitched.

A year later Brees met with former major league pitcher Tom House, now 63, a pitching coach at USC with a Ph.D. in performance psychology.

#Athletics acquire Adam Dunn and cash considerations from the Chicago White Sox for minor league pitcher Nolan Sanburn.

TRADED: By the St. Louis Cardinals, outfielder ANDY VAN SLYKE, 26, catcher MIKE LAVALLIERE, 26, and minor league pitcher MIKE DUNN to the Pittsburgh Pirates for catcher TONY PENA, 29; by the San Francisco Giants, outfielder DAN GLADDEN, 29, and a player to be named later, to the Minnesota Twins for three minor league players; and by the Chicago Cubs, pitcher DENNIS ECKERSLEY, 32, and infielder DAN ROHN, 31, to the Oakland A's for three minor league players.

Hate to say it but Matt is probably going to Las Vegas because he is not a major league pitcher right now with a 6 ERA and literally no signs of improving

Myers, catcher Ryan Hanigan, and minor - league pitchers Jose Castillo and Gerardo Reyes would go to the Padres from the Rays.

And that's why virtually every obituary last week began with some variation of Herb Score, the former major league pitcher whose promise went unfulfilled after a line drive hit him in the face...

Minor league pitcher Jonathan Maciel of the West Michigan Whitecaps did the impossible and actually hit a bird with a pitch, repeating the wild feat.

By the San Francisco Giants, pitcher DAVE LaPOINT, 26; rookie catcher MATT NOKES, 21; and minor league pitcher ERIC KING, 21, to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher JUAN BERENGUER, 31; rookie catcher BOB MELVIN, 23; and a player to be named later.

The story concerns a onetime major league pitcher named Bobo Holloman who had the bad luck to pitch a no - hitter for the St. Louis Browns on his very first start in the majors.

And here's another update to an earlier column, the one about my grandson receiving the gift of an expensive baseball glove from Major League pitcher Heath Bell, then of the Florida Marlins and currently of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

In this episode, former big league pitcher Dr. Dave Baldwin talks about his run - in with Ted Williams, his life in science, the physics of the gyroball versus the slider, and how he finally made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

You hear about big league pitchers pitching entire games in their head before they take the mound, right?

Do nt Be Tardy star Brielle Zolciak - Biermann is dating Boston Red Sox minor - league pitcher Michael Kopech get the details on their.

Suffice to say, having to learn a mechanic, especially ones that stray away from industry standards, can become frustrating and lead many to just huff and puff and blow away their TV sets, with the speed of a major league pitcher gunning for the strikeout with a fast ball.

It is named for Major League pitcher David Wells, a PLHS alumnus.

A Chicago Tribune article about the lawsuit noted that a Montana jury awarded $ 850,000 in 2009 to the family of a youth league pitcher who was struck and killed by a line drive hit off an aluminum bat.

As National League hitters salivated at the thought of playing at Enron, shell - shocked American League pitchers were circling dates at Comerica Park like prisoners anticipating parole.

It was his ERA, the lowest ever by a big league pitcher with more than 300 innings pitched.

# 32 Joe Williams Seguin Negro leagues pitcher had 20 - 7 mark against white competition, including 20 - strikeout no - hitter against 1917 New York Giants.

Going to be tough to win this series, what with the Pirates starting minor - league pitchers in two of the games.

But he doesn't know quite what to expect from National League pitchers, and the Braves will see only four other NL teams during spring training.

This year he led all big league pitchers with 27 victories.

Possibly a major trade involving at least one of the favorite young minor league pitchers that many of us think has potential for stardom.

He starts to brainstorm and comes up with an idea that he will hold a sort of athletic talent show in India to try to find the next major league pitcher from a country that no one has ever tapped into.