Sentences with phrase «leaguers in»

And they haven't been all top - heavy, finding major leaguers in the late round — pitchers Nathan Karns and Robbie Ray in the 12th and Burns, an outfielder, in the 32nd.

Some of them may try to hide when they see him coming, but there are probably only a handful of major leaguers in uniform who haven't seen the Clown Prince of Baseball at one time or another.

All of which have to do with Alderson, whose moves no longer amaze A's relief stud Dennis Eckersley (himself an Alderson acquisition, plucked from the Chicago Cubs in a trade for three minor leaguers in 1987).

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.

A seven - year - old Little Leaguer in Freetown, Mass., was benched for two games because his mother missed her shift at the league's concession stand.

This is cheating, and I promise I won't use another minor leaguer in this series.

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.

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

They will look like a true ivy leaguer in this great design.

Boden and Fleck are best known for a few well - loved indie movies: Half Nelson, which gave us Serious Ryan Gosling; Sugar, a muted and brilliant look at a Dominican minor leaguer in Iowa; and Mississippi Grind, a lovely little gambling movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn that is catnip for movie bros everywhere.

Not exact matches

We rounded up 30 of the smartest celebrities in Hollywood who are high - school valedictorians, Ivy Leaguers, MENSA members, and certified geniuses in their own right.

He's been an All Star every year since he became a full - time big leaguer and has finished either first or second in AL MVP voting every year he's been eligible for the award.

U of T and Cornell shared the 16th last year, but now Toronto has edged the Ivy - leaguer into 17th place and remains among the Top 20 for the third year in a row.

Among those roughly 75 men are lawyers, a medical doctor, a congressional staffer, professional musicians, a radio host, several PhDs and professors, a particle physicist from Stanford, a former Google employee, a dean of admissions at a medical school, Ivy Leaguers, Golden Domers, and more who were successful in the world, but sought a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church, and desired to serve his people.

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.

Maudoodi entered the lists against the Muslim wing of the Indian National Congress by writing a book on Muslims and the Present Political Struggle, in which he argued so forcefully against the stand taken by the Muslim Congress that the Muslim Leaguers hoped he would come over to support the Pakistan movement.

I grew up rooting for the Celtics so I have hated the Knicks ever since another Ivy Leaguer, Princeton's Bill Bradley, patrolled Madison Square Garden in the 1970s.

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

Since it opened in 1986, Mike Shannon's Steakhouse and Seafood has been a destination for locals and visitors looking to mark a special occasion and admire the retired major leaguer's one - of - a-kind collection of baseball memorabilia.

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.

Minor leaguers (who don't have a union) can get heavy suspensions for weed, but there's nothing in MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program that says big leaguers can get suspended for it.

A graceful fielder and a stylish lefthanded hitter, Terry was the last National Leaguer to hit.400 in a season -LRB-.401 in 1930).

They are all sons of former major leaguer Jose Ortiz, who also was once MVP of the Pacific Coast League for the Sacramento River Cats in 2000.

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 careeIn 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 careein a 20 - year career.

The workshop included a trip to a Rockies — Red Sox game at Fenway Park and a three - part assignment: tape a stand - up introduction, interview a player in the seats and jostle for position during batting practice to grab a big leaguer for questions.

There are 198 men in the Hall of Fame, but only one other major leaguer, pitcher Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell, has ever had a vote under the Capitol dome.

Alderson had peddled reserve outfielder Felix (the Other) Jose, who had been filling in for the injured Henderson, and two more minor leaguers to St. Louis for centerfielder McGee, whose.335 average with the Cardinals may well be good enough to win the National League batting race — at just about the time McGee swings into the American League Championship Series.

Last month 10 current and former big leaguers — including outfielders Johnny Damon of the Yankees and Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox and pitchers Mike Pelfrey of the Mets and Scott Eyre of the Phillies — discovered that at least some of their money is tied up in the $ 8 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated by Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford.

Alderson, meanwhile, traded two minor leaguers — players to be named later — to the Texas Rangers for designated hitter Baines, an All - Star in four of his last six seasons.

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

Most major leaguers just get their name stamped in block letters on the barrel of their bats.

Mine is that if you don't want to get hit or thrown at until you do, don't be a jackass and slide into second with your cleats in the air when even Little Leaguer's know how to properly slide.

Only because of that weird thing where we had like every major leaguer named Wade on our team back in 2016.

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.

Instead of having to fight off a 1st round pick... he is defending his position from G Leaguers not Lottery Picks.if the Hawks invest in a first round wing, Bembry would have an uphill battle against Schlenk's pick... but, if he is healthy he should have the advantage over the G Leaguers.

TED WILLIAMS goes 6 for 8 in Boston's season - ending doubleheader to finish with a.406 average; he is the last major leaguer to hit.400.

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.

Big leaguers, meanwhile, did whatever they could, wherever they could, to get in shape

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.

Doby wasn't just the second black major leaguer; he was the first in the American League, meaning that, like Robinson, he took the field among all white peers.

You can't just not sign good big leaguers because you think someone in the minors might be good someday, that's really not conducive to winning baseball games... ever.

He had starred at three schools in the Dallas area — he bounced around so he could play for specific coaches — and played on a junior national team with future big leaguers Justin Upton, Austin Jackson, Billy Butler and Homer Bailey.

From second from bottom to second from the top, where Paris Saint - Germain have a game in hand on league leaguers Olympique Lyonnais.

In return, the Mets got two minor leaguers and a substance abuser to be named later.»

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.

I get that there are always a handful of AAAA guys in every organization, but I can never remember such a dominant Minor Leaguer who fell so flatly on his face.

The rest of the team was filled with career minor leaguers (Mike Hessman, John Gall), quad - A players who hadn't been able to stick in the majors (Jayson Nix, Brian Barden), and youngish prospects on their way up (Trevor Cahill, Jake Arrieta).