Sentences with phrase «leaguers as»

He picked up another honor Wednesday, his 28th birthday, when he was named the NL Outstanding Player by his fellow major leaguers as part of the Players Choice Awards organized by the MLB...

All I would recommend is paying living wages to minor leaguers as they go through that process, which would help soften the blow.

Very, very rarely, they turn into major leaguers as valuable as Cole Hamels.

Not exact matches

That opened a legal niche to be quickly filled by younger, more aggressive, firms formed (as Lincoln Caplan points out in his chronicle of the rise of the Skadden firm) by Catholics, Jews, and non-Ivy Leaguers who had been snubbed by old - line firms.

«Now lithe and listen lordlings, while the Christians» hap I tell, That, as they lay in leaguer, from hunger them befell.

Lester sat there in 2004, a minor leaguer controlled by a franchise of doom, watching as the doom swirled around his parent club, knowing what to expect, the pain that was going to happen.

Prior to the postseason, Marwin Gonzalez had fielded 77 chances in the outfield as a major leaguer.

It was also a value win for the Pirates, in that they received three major league players who each retain very high upside and have already established themselves as «good major leaguers» at worst, plus an interesting and toolsy prospect.

You won't give him credit for throwing as many D - leaguers in the mix as he could to unearth a free, high - quality acquisition like Covington.

In his first four seasons as a major - leaguer, first with the New York Mets and since 1972 with the Expos, Foli managed to get into more fights with opposing players, umpires, and even his own teammates, and to hit more innocent bystanders with thrown helmets, bats and balls than the average high - spirited player might in a 20 - year career.

In five days as a major leaguer, the author saw the splendors of baseball — and its hard reality — from the best perspective: inside the game

And if down the stretch we're in it but need more pitching, we've got one of the minors best pitchers (Luzardo) as a possible reinforcement (I know, I know, he's almost certainly not coming up this year, but I can dream — as a side note, I really think teams like the A's should be more aggressive with promoting pitchers who have shown they can pitch and have stuff that seems like it can get out major leaguers — why wait when they'll probably just blow out their elbow anyway — might as well get some quality innings out of them in the majors — yeah, I'm salty about Puk, but whatever, I've held this belief for a long time).

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.

Regardless of anyone else's ceiling - status, it's ridiculous to say we know what Vogelbach is as a major leaguer

I was using the possibility of signing him as an example of a) the Braves intentions of being competitive this season and b) the logic (or lack of, in my opinion) of not signing good MLB players because you have a guy in Double - A who might be a good big leaguer someday.

Milt Pappas, who won 209 big league games and pitched a no - hitter for the Cubs in 1972, manages Chicago; Gene Hiser, a utility outfielder during his five seasons as a major - leaguer, plays for Chicago.

Do any of these guys have potential as major leaguers?

However, being a competent big leaguer with AS experience and World Series championship ring must be frustrating.

A group of senior citizens laughs as hard as a neighboring group of Little Leaguers.

His struggles this season suggest growing pains, as if the season is a hurdle he'll need to clear in his evolution as a major leaguer.

Maybe I can go to the American League as a busted - up National Leaguer and serve as DH.

In anaffidavit he explained to investigators that another major leaguer, lateridentified as former first baseman David Segui, «told [me] of a doctor inFlorida that he was using at a «wellness center» to obtain human growthhormone.»

• Jose Canseco, theretired major leaguer and an admitted steroid user, received somatropin, testosterone, stanozolol and HCG, as well as 340 syringes, in 2004.

WHILE Venezuela has emerged as a productive pipeline of Latin American talent, it can't exactly boast the hordes of established big leaguers that the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico can.

Before his arrival in Oaklandhe never had more than 25 straight at bats as a big leaguer.

Fangraphs rates his hit tool as a 60 and I've heard scouts say his contact ability is the best they've ever seen in a minor leaguer.

In Watson's case, Michael Egelhoff, who had been molested by him as an 11 - year - old Little Leaguer in Riverside in 1975, was so haunted by that abuse that he asked a private detective to see if Watson was still coaching children.

But was it Kyle who put together that google doc with all of the red wings / griffins current contracts as well as minor leaguers?

As a young minor leaguer in the Yankee system in the early»40s, Leo Righetti, known as Pinky, was brash, talented and crazy about basebalAs a young minor leaguer in the Yankee system in the early»40s, Leo Righetti, known as Pinky, was brash, talented and crazy about basebalas Pinky, was brash, talented and crazy about baseball.

So how is it that a player who didn't command much money as a big leaguer — Koosman made $ 600,000 in 1985 — should now be so valuable on a baseball card?

History will remember Steve Lyons, a.k.a. Psycho, as the first major leaguer to drop his pants in a game

Little League lessons: Major leaguers on childhood advice Today's major league stars started as children with dreams.

In the same way he can make something extremely difficult appear possible for a humble Sunday leaguer such as myself.

That is covered under the «class» umbrella as the sharp player makes adjustments to roster changes, be it trade, injury, star minor leaguer, surprising and disappointing performers, etc..

With upper level tickets as low as $ 5, introducing your future Little Leaguers to baseball does not have to break the bank.

You and your future little leaguer will be delighted as they can easily distract themselves with your necklace and teethe to their heart's content.

The film's biggest (and, truthfully, only) laugh comes from seeing ex-major leaguer Todd Zeile and current steroidal slugger Jason Giambi credited as executive producers.

He sued Zuckerberg as did Ivy leaguers the Winklevoss twins (Gossip Girl's Armie Hammer and The Good Shepard's Josh Pence assisted by some digital trickery) and their associate Divya Narendra (Max Minghella, Syriana) who claimed Zuckerberg stole their idea.

Players choose from six character sprites who range from a little leaguer named Raptor, who wields a standard baseball bat, to Candyman, a mix of Pac - Man and The Joker who wields a long walking cane as his weapon of choice.

While Walker's accomplishment rests solidly in the shadow of Robinson, another player may be coming out of even more obscurity to supplant him as the true first African American Major Leaguer.

As far as it's known, Garcetti, an Ivy Leaguer and Rhodes Scholar, has not asked the poor and working - class Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary what they think is needed for education reforAs far as it's known, Garcetti, an Ivy Leaguer and Rhodes Scholar, has not asked the poor and working - class Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary what they think is needed for education reforas it's known, Garcetti, an Ivy Leaguer and Rhodes Scholar, has not asked the poor and working - class Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary what they think is needed for education reform.

Families in districts with majorities of poor black and Latino children are increasingly pushing back against educator recruitment groups like Teach for America, scorning their efforts as education tourism for privileged Ivy Leaguers.

As the modest - at - best results of programs like Teach for America suggest, simply unleashing young Ivy Leaguers on our school system is probably not going to have a dramatic effect on student achievement.

Pat Jordan, ballplayer - cum - writer, provides a running essay on how he was instilled with a love for the game, from his days as a little leaguer through his abbreviated professional career.

Call me a traditionalist, but the self - publishing hype just doesn't carry the same weight as having a «big leaguer» find you.

The A's would draft good players and turn them into successful major leaguers, but as soon those players became free agents they would leave for big - market teams.

He sometimes referred to my group (which did primarily distressed debt) as «the Ivy Leaguers.»

Regretfully, fielding isn't as proficient, with your outfields moving like obese little leaguers.

They're all major leaguers, a great mix of energy sources that includes reliable veterans as well as exciting up - and - comers, anchored by clutch, big - time producers in the key power spots, Nos. 3 and 4.