Sentences with phrase «major hits this year»

In contrast, the studio fielded two major hits this year with «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» and «The Shape of Water,» both of which it developed and produced internally.

Not exact matches

David Lewis, head Americas trader at $ 800 billion asset manager Franklin Templeton, for example, found out that Russia had invaded Crimea last year well before the news hit major media because he'd been monitoring Twitter.

In little over a year, this toy went from a Kickstarter project to a major hit this holiday season.

But it's gained momentum over the past year as major retail and restaurant chains — ranging from Kmart to Neiman Marcus to Dairy Queen — have been hit by massive security breaches.

With drugstore Seniors» Days, reduced movie tickets and museum admission, and major tax breaks, anyone about to hit their golden years could be justified in thinking they'll never have to pay full price again.

She had a major win this year after her Emmy - winning role as Celeste in the HBO show «Big Little Lies,» which was a hit with critics and fans alike.

Germany's Munich Re warned it could miss its profit target this year, the first major reinsurer to flag a hit to earnings from damage caused by the storms.

The Canadian - born company's first major product since being acquired by Japan's Rakutan last year joins a slew of new tablets hitting the market this fall.

Box office sales for Perth's two major arts festivals have remained steady against last year's figures, with Perth Festival on track to make $ 3.8 million and Fringe World Festival hitting $ 10 million.

Bank of America executives later disclosed that Merrill Lynch was on its way to a $ 27.6 - billion loss that year — a major hit for the bank, which was undergoing its own financial woes.

Markets have had a strong start to 2018, with major indexes hitting record highs in the first two weeks of the year

Second, while he's had modest successes, he scored his first major hit only recently, when California giant Salesforce.com bought his two - year - old startup GoInstant for $ 70 million in June.

Barring a major market correction, we feel pretty good that we'll hit our magic numbers ahead of schedule next year, possibly as early as Q2 of 2017.

Tatts took a $ 137.8 million revenue hit from only having 31 major jackpots of $ 15 million or more in 2017 compared with 45 in the previous year.

However, CEO Dave Ricks stated at a major healthcare conference earlier this year that the company is on track to hit its goal of 5 % average annual revenue growth through 2020.

The yield on the 10 - year Treasury bond climbed above 3 % for the first time since 2014, but of greater concern to many market participants were remarks in major corporate earnings reports suggesting that business conditions had likely hit their peak and were poised to deteriorate going forward.

The airline was also hurt by the three major hurricanes that hit the U.S. last year: Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

When oil hit $ 100 a barrel last year, consumers yelped and the media headlined the number as major news.

Together, they had nearly 170 years of service, including recent missions evacuating U.S. citizens left stranded in the Caribbean by major storms and ferrying food, water and generators to their own people after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last year.

What would you do if your retirement portfolio took a major hit in the years right before you planned to retire?

Also a major hit with my 3 year old and 18 month old.

It's been a terrific year for GreenPalm, hitting a major milestone with the trade of a million certificates, but we still have a very long way to go.

The concepts of food waste and food loss form a major part in the achievement of food security for us, and in that light, this year's Crawford Fund's annual conference hit the nail on the head with regards to facilitating discussion and interaction on these issues.

«As home base for three of last year's winners, Philly is hitting its stride as a major food destination.

The main one is that Stewart wasn't hitting in Triple - A at the time, whereas La Stella was hitting well in the majors this year.

Injured Padre Jake Peavy (pitching elbow) had averaged a big league high 107.8 pitches per start through Sunday; the Angels» Ervin Santana (above, left) led the AL at 107.5... The Red Sox» Jon Lester (above, right) threw 130 pitches, the most in the majors this year, in his no - hit win over Kansas City on May 19....

Not so coincidentally, 20 - year - old third baseman Rafael Devers made his major league debut on July 25, and has solidified the hot corner for Boston, hitting.284 /.339 /.482 with 10 home runs in 57 games.

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 total, the 24 - year - old has hit 49 goals in 99 appearances for Aston Villa, and his prolific form in England has seemingly convinced Houghton that he could cut it at Anfield, as he told talkSPORT: «I've heard Benteke is one of their major priorities in the summer, he is the one they are looking to sign.

The youngster is now a fully fledged England international and is set to make his second major tournament appearance at next year's World Cup in Russia as he hits the tender age of 20.

In the summer of 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the major league color barrier, a 23 - year - old black ballplayer named Larry Doby began a big league career of his own when he pinch - hit for the Indians.

IS DODGERS ROOKIE MATT KEMP THE NEXT JEFF FRANCOEUR?Kemp, who hit seven home runs in his first 45 major league at bats, is doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last year).

After hitting.253 /.336 /.453 — a better line than James Loney has had in four years — for the Dodgers in» 05, Choi never played in the majors again.

Thompson was cruising toward her second ANA win in four years when her victory train hit a major speed bump in the form of a TV viewer who alerted officials to a penalty Thompson incurred a day earlier.

He was drafted as a 17 - year - old, and he didn't stop hitting until he was 40, reaching the majors when he was 21, and methodically swatting his way to 500 homers.

2017 is next year for this Dodgers team, one where Alex Wood is suddenly great and every major hitting prospect they held onto has blossomed into a productive player or star.

The 20 - year - old has proven to be a major hit at Celtic, scoring 27 goals and providing six assists in 41 appearances in all competitions, and in turn has been linked with a big - money move back to England in the future.

There will be 48 teenagers who hit.300 in Rookie League, and maybe three of them will be in the majors in six years.

# 41 Riggs Stephenson GUNTERSVILLE Shoulder injury while fullback at Alabama hobbled throwing, but outfielder hit.336 in 14 years in majors, from 1921 to» 34.

West - San Francisco Giants - The defending World Series champs took a major hit losing Buster Posey for the year.

Not after he hit 11 of 14 fairways and 16 greens on the first day in a dazzling display of precision ball striking; appeared to be in total control of the Open for three days; and had a three - shot lead going into the final round of a major championship that he had won in two of the last four years.

Last year Mike Kelly hit three homers for the Reds in the first week of the exhibition season, prompting Ray Knight to anoint him as the Opening Day centerfielder, even though Kelly was a career.220 hitter with only 214 major league at bats.

But it's going to take 100 victories to win the NL West, and the Astros, 81 - 81 last year, aren't that good yet — not with a shortstop (Andujar Cedeno) who spent half of last season in the minors, a leftfielder (Luis Gonzalez) who hit only.243 and a catcher (Eddie Taubensee) who has played in just 130 major league games.

Michigan took a major hit from its official visitors to the Ohio State game this year.

The defense has been pretty bad all year, the hitting is maddeningly streaky, and the pitching has been a major disappointment.

He hit.301 /.382 /.506 — a 137 OPS + — over the first 10 years of his major league career.

For the year, all Rodriguez had done was take the major league lead in home runs (17), RBIs (49) and runs (43); become the first player to hit eight homers in Yankee Stadium in April and the first to drive in 10 runs in a game there; and move within two homers of becoming the first player (chart, page 41) to hit 400 before his 30th birthday.

No one in the history of major league baseball, with the single exception of Ruth, has ever hit more over a five - year span.

Ruth wasn't a regular hitter until he was 24, but he had almost 800 plate appearances in the majors — and 203 hits — in the years before then, and played until he was 40.

Williams slipped back into the midfield last year and their plans for 2017 hit a major snag during the off - season.